{"id":1570027,"date":"2022-07-25T13:24:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1570027"},"modified":"2022-07-25T13:37:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:37:33","slug":"would-be-nice-if-you-breathed-our-air-state-senator-accuses-ocasio-cortez-of-being-absent-in-her-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/would-be-nice-if-you-breathed-our-air-state-senator-accuses-ocasio-cortez-of-being-absent-in-her-district\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Would Be Nice If You Breathed Our Air\u2019: State Senator Accuses Ocasio-Cortez Of Being Absent In Her District"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fwould-be-nice-if-you-breathed-our-air-state-senator-accuses-ocasio-cortez-of-being-absent-in-her-district%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=1570027&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1128045923-scaled-e1658768668773.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cMaybe if you spent more time in your office and with your team you\u2019d know what goes on,\u201d Ramos tweeted. \u201cJust saying it would be nice if you breathed our air. So, as an employer, what happens with the staffer who said this?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Maybe if you spent more time in your office and with your team you\u2019d know what goes on. Just saying it would be nice if you breathed our air. So, as an employer, what happens with the staffer who said this?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Ramos (@jessicaramos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaramos\/status\/1551324889637949442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several Twitter users criticized Ramos for her accusation, to which the state senator said she witnessed the absence of Ocasio-Cortez for herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur district officers are on the same floor in the same building,\u201d she replied to one Twitter user. \u201cShe\u2019s barely ever present in the community. It\u2019s an indisputable fact\u2026Not being present in your community and engaged with your colleagues is a terrible look.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our district offices are on the same floor in the same building. She\u2019s barely ever present in the community. It\u2019s an indisputable fact.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Ramos (@jessicaramos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaramos\/status\/1551325571338178560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I agree. Not being present in your community and engaged with your colleagues is a terrible look.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Ramos (@jessicaramos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaramos\/status\/1551332120114626560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She further claimed that the New York representative does not meet with local <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/06\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-hit-fines-tax-warrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elected officials<\/a> and colleagues. She said she had not been able to get ahold of Ocasio-Cortez in several months to a year. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/06\/democrat-dov-hikind-ocasio-cortez-danger-smash-grab-robberies-crime-surge-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Democrat Dov Hikind Says Ocasio-Cortez Is A \u2018Danger\u2019 For Downplaying Smash-And-Grab Robberies)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave up texting her a while back, and as petitioning unfolded, I reached out through staff and requested a meeting. I have not spoken to my congressperson in months. Maybe more than a year? What else is it I\u2019m supposed to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That\u2019s correct, Errol. I gave up texting her a while back, and as petitioning unfolded, I reached out through staff and requested a meeting. I have not spoken to my congressperson in months. Maybe more than a year? What else is it I\u2019m supposed to do?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Ramos (@jessicaramos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaramos\/status\/1551337858903973888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some fellow elected officials in the district pushed back against these claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gotta be fair here. Real talk this hasn\u2019t been my experience at all,\u201d New York City council member Tiffany Caban said. \u201cFrom being able to communicate &#038; work with my Congressperson directly to our teams working closely on policy, organizing and a lot more, me and my neighbors have benefited a lot from the mutual collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish I could say the same, but I have receipts and my own experience. Both your experience and mine can be true,\u201d Ramos replied.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I wish I could say the same, but I have receipts and my own experience. Both your experience and mine can be true.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Ramos (@jessicaramos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaramos\/status\/1551352506852249600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New York state Assembly member Zohran Kwame Mamdani said he has communicated with Ocasio-Cortez on several occasions and has worked alongside elected officials in the district.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cAs a local elected official in <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\">@AOC<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u2019s district, this just isn\u2019t true,\u201d he said. \u201cI have met with her multiple times, she was a critical part of our \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYTWA\">@NYTWA <\/a><\/span>victory, and she has been a partner at every level of politics. Astoria is all the better for having her represent us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As a local elected official in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a>\u2019s district, this just isn\u2019t true.<\/p>\n<p>I have met with her multiple times, she was a critical part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYTWA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYTWA<\/a> victory, and she has been a partner at every level of politics.<\/p>\n<p>Astoria is all the better for having her represent us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xLXAU4APft\">pic.twitter.com\/xLXAU4APft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZohranKMamdani\/status\/1551340857164455941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic New York state senator Jabari Brisport posted a photograph of Ramos beside Ocasio-Cortez supposedly from March 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI have not spoken to my congressperson in months. Maybe more than a year?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>March 2022 (aka maybe more than a year ago) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/De46iOXbuz\">https:\/\/t.co\/De46iOXbuz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jMdg7DICQp\">pic.twitter.com\/jMdg7DICQp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jabari Brisport\ud83c\udf39 (@JabariBrisport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JabariBrisport\/status\/1551418125589090304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Footage <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrislejohnyc\/status\/1520839130032316418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">showed<\/a> Ramos and Ocasio-Cortez at a May Day rally posted on May 1, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Barely ever present in the community&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1570027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1570027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1570027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1570027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1570027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1570027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}