Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Speeches at CPAC (2020s)


On Social Security: GOP will dismantle any semblance of public safety net

Rep. Lauren Boebert spoke at CPAC about her role in Congress, "We're here to tell government we don't want your benefits. We don't want your welfare."

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went head-to-head with Boebert on Twitter using the congresswoman's comments to condemn the Republican Party: "Tell 'em loud and proud girl! GOP will strip your unemployment protections and dismantle any semblance of a public safety net we have left," Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet. "Then make working people pay way more for everything on low wages while Wall St gets a meal ticket! Good ol conservative values baby."

Boebert, a divisive figure in the GOP spoke to a cheering crowd at CPAC about her role in Congress. "We're here to tell government: Don't come knocking on my door--you leave us the hell alone," she said to cheers.

Source: Fox News on 2021 CPAC Conference Jul 10, 2021

The above quotations are from Speeches at Conservative Political Action Conferences (2020s).
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