{"id":1137386,"date":"2021-12-21T11:35:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T16:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1137386"},"modified":"2021-12-21T11:35:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T16:35:05","slug":"aoc-says-she-represents-as-many-people-as-manchin-not-even-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-says-she-represents-as-many-people-as-manchin-not-even-close\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Says She Represents As Many People As Manchin. Not Even Close."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-says-she-represents-as-many-people-as-manchin-not-even-close%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1137386&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) may have graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in both international relations and economics, but numbers apparently aren\u2019t her strong suit.<\/p>\n<p>The liberal icon was livid over Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s (D-WV) decision to oppose President Joe Biden\u2019s nearly $2 trillion \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d plan. She described the Senate as \u201cvery entitled, very privileged and very protected,\u201d while the House \u201cmost reliably delivers the actual will of the majority of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She ripped Manchin for opposing Biden\u2019s plan, then made an untrue claim during an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/20\/aoc-blasts-old-boys-club-senate-and-sen-joe-manchin\/\">interview<\/a> with MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a farce in terms of, you know, plain democracy, because I represent more \u2014 or just, just as many, or more people than Joe Manchin does, perhaps more\u200b,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Not so, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/20\/aoc-blasts-old-boys-club-senate-and-sen-joe-manchin\/\">said<\/a> the New York Post. \u201cIn fact, West Virginia\u2019s population is 1.79 million, while New York\u2019s 14th Congressional District, which encompasses parts of the Bronx and Queens, is comprised of about 750,000 people.\u200b\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez of New York is a member of \u201cThe Squad,\u201d along with Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts. All of them slammed Manchin.&nbsp;Omar was the most vocal, calling Manchin\u2019s stance \u201cbulls***.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can\u2019t. I\u2019ve tried everything humanly possible. I can\u2019t get there,\u201d Manchin said on Fox News. \u201cThis is a no on this legislation. I have tried everything I know to do. And the president has worked diligently. He\u2019s been wonderful to work with. He knows I\u2019ve had concerns and the problems I\u2019ve had and, you know, the thing that we should all be directing our attention towards, the variant, a COVID that we have coming back at us in so many different aspects in different ways, it\u2019s affecting our lives again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omar lost it, saying, \u201cwe all knew that Senator Manchin couldn\u2019t be trusted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe excuses that he just made, I think, are complete bulls***,\u201d Omar said. \u201cIt is really disheartening to hear him say that he has been trying to get there for the people of West Virginia because that\u2019s a complete lie. The people of West Virginia would greatly benefit from their families having access to long-term elderly care and care for folks with disabilities. They would benefit from the expansion of the child tax credits. They will benefit from having access to pre-k. There are just so many things that, you know, the people of West Virginia desperately need. And we know that he is not working on behalf of their interests, and I really am just completely disappointed and disgusted by his reasoning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez joined in. \u201cOur entire democracy is on the line,\u201d she wrote on Twitter. \u201cWe, as always, are here to fight for this agenda. What matters most to us is that it gets done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AOC also went profane. \u201cWe cannot just shrug our shoulders and accept this as some Charlie Brown moment,\u201d she wrote. \u201cSo we need to get back in there and get this s*** done. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib also weighed in, saying on Twitter: \u201cIt shouldn\u2019t surprise anyone that Manchin goes on Fox to kill BBB \u2014 he\u2019s been promising to do it for months, and some folks didn\u2019t want to believe him.\u201d She said that after another bill passed, \u201cWe gave up our leverage \u2026 and [Manchin] got the fossil fuel subsidies he wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressley also slammed Manchin on Sunday, accusing him of \u201cobstructing\u201d Biden\u2019s agenda. \u201cHe has continued to move the goalposts, he has never negotiated in good faith. And he is obstructing the president\u2019s agenda. Eighty-five percent of which is still left on the table. And in obstructing the president\u2019s agenda, he is obstructing the people\u2019s agenda,\u201d Pressley said on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>And Bush had some words for Manchin, too. \u201cHonestly, I\u2019m frustrated with every Democrat who agreed to tie the fate of our most vulnerable communities to the corporatist ego of one Senator,\u201d she wrote on Twitter. \u201cNo one should have backed out of our initial strategy that would have kept Build Back Better alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) may have graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in both international relations and economics, but numbers apparently aren\u2019t her strong suit.The liberal icon was livid over Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s (D-WV) decision to oppose President Joe Biden\u2019s nearly $2 trillion \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d plan. She described the Senate as \u201cvery entitled, very privileged and very protected,\u201d while the House \u201cmost reliably delivers the actual will of the majority of people.\u201dShe ripped Manchin for opposing Biden\u2019s plan, then made an untrue claim during an interview with MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s a farce in terms of, you know, plain democracy, because I represent more \u2014 or just, just as many, or more people than Joe Manchin does, perhaps more\u200b,\u201d she said.Not so, said the New York Post. \u201cIn fact, West Virginia\u2019s population is 1.79 million, while New York\u2019s 14th Congressional District, which encompasses parts of the Bronx and Queens, is comprised of about 750,000 people.\u200b\u201dOcasio-Cortez of New York is a member of \u201cThe Squad,\u201d along with Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts. All of them slammed Manchin.\u00a0Omar was the most vocal, calling Manchin\u2019s stance \u201cbulls***.\u201d\u201cI cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can\u2019t. I\u2019ve tried everything humanly possible. I can\u2019t get there,\u201d Manchin said on Fox News. \u201cThis is a no on this legislation. I have tried everything I know to do. And the president has worked diligently. He\u2019s been wonderful to work with. He knows I\u2019ve had concerns and the problems I\u2019ve had and, you know, the thing that we should all be directing our attention towards, the variant, a COVID that we have coming back at us in so many different aspects in different ways, it\u2019s affecting our lives again.\u201dOmar lost it, saying, \u201cwe all knew that Senator Manchin couldn\u2019t be trusted.\u201d\u201cThe excuses that he just made, I think, are complete bulls***,\u201d Omar said. \u201cIt is really disheartening to hear him say that he has been trying to get there for the people of West Virginia because that\u2019s a complete lie. The people of West Virginia would greatly benefit from their families having access to long-term elderly care and care for folks with disabilities. They would benefit from the expansion of the child tax credits. They will benefit from having access to pre-k. There are just so many things that, you know, the people of West Virginia desperately need. And we know that he is not working on behalf of their interests, and I really am just completely disappointed and disgusted by his reasoning.\u201dOcasio-Cortez joined in. \u201cOur entire democracy is on the line,\u201d she wrote on Twitter. \u201cWe, as always, are here to fight for this agenda. What matters most to us is that it gets done.\u201dAOC also went profane. \u201cWe cannot just shrug our shoulders and accept this as some Charlie Brown moment,\u201d she wrote. \u201cSo we need to get back in there and get this s*** done. Period.\u201dTlaib also weighed in, saying on Twitter: \u201cIt shouldn\u2019t surprise anyone that Manchin goes on Fox to kill BBB \u2014 he\u2019s been promising to do it for months, and some folks didn\u2019t want to believe him.\u201d She said that after another bill passed, \u201cWe gave up our leverage \u2026 and [Manchin] got the fossil fuel subsidies he wanted.\u201dPressley also slammed Manchin on Sunday, accusing him of \u201cobstructing\u201d Biden\u2019s agenda. \u201cHe has continued to move the goalposts, he has never negotiated in good faith. And he is obstructing the president\u2019s agenda. Eighty-five percent of which is still left on the table. And in obstructing the president\u2019s agenda, he is obstructing the people\u2019s agenda,\u201d Pressley said on CNN.And Bush had some words for Manchin, too. \u201cHonestly, I\u2019m frustrated with every Democrat who agreed to tie the fate of our most vulnerable communities to the corporatist ego of one Senator,\u201d she wrote on Twitter. \u201cNo one should have backed out of our initial strategy that would have kept Build Back Better alive.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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