Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats of “playing patty-cake” with Republicans while Americans suffered.
In a Wednesday tweet, Ocasio-Cortez said that major issues were going unaddressed while Biden and some Democrats in the Senate held out for negotiations and cooperation with their Republican colleagues.
“Pres. Biden & Senate Dems should take a step back and ask themselves if playing patty-cake w GOP Senators is really worth the dismantling of people’s voting rights, setting the planet on fire, allowing massive corporations and the wealthy to not pay their fair share of taxes, etc,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
Pres. Biden & Senate Dems should take a step back and ask themselves if playing patty-cake w GOP Senators is really worth the dismantling of people’s voting rights, setting the planet on fire, allowing massive corporations and the wealthy to not pay their fair share of taxes, etc
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 9, 2021
The New York Congresswoman has also taken direct aim at specific Democrats like West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who stressed the importance of bipartisan cooperation. Manchin has also voiced his opposition to the HR-1 “For the People Act” and rejected to vote to end the filibuster.
“H.R. 1 stands up against lobbyists and dark money. I would reckon to think that this is probably just as much a part of Joe Manchin’s calculus as anything else. Because when it comes to this bipartisan argument—I don’t buy it,” says @AOC on Manchin opposing voting rights bill. pic.twitter.com/12UdNXwkEM
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) June 9, 2021
Ocasio-Cortez has also been critical of Vice President Kamala Harris over her statement urging Guatemalan immigrants not to come to the border.
This is disappointing to see.
First, seeking asylum at any US border is a 100% legal method of arrival.
Second, the US spent decades contributing to regime change and destabilization in Latin America. We can’t help set someone’s house on fire and then blame them for fleeing. https://t.co/vADyh5H0bw
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 7, 2021
And Manchin, again — this time for his attempts to find “common ground” with his Republican colleagues.
Just thinking about how after this photo ran Wall Street Journal columnists spent more time criticizing me for not smiling enough than asking Manchin precisely what areas of “common ground” he had in mind when he stood up for the GOP.
Turns out voter suppression was one of them! https://t.co/hiMeVNKtss
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 7, 2021