{"id":2056015,"date":"2023-10-04T21:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T01:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-says-shes-not-mccarthys-mother-amid-speakership-fallout-my-job-is-not-to-put-pool-noodles-around-hard-corners\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T21:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T01:10:33","slug":"aoc-says-shes-not-mccarthys-mother-amid-speakership-fallout-my-job-is-not-to-put-pool-noodles-around-hard-corners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-says-shes-not-mccarthys-mother-amid-speakership-fallout-my-job-is-not-to-put-pool-noodles-around-hard-corners\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC denies being McCarthy&#8217;s mother amidst speakership dispute: &#8216;I won&#8217;t cushion tough situations&#8217;."},"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\">26<\/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-shes-not-mccarthys-mother-amid-speakership-fallout-my-job-is-not-to-put-pool-noodles-around-hard-corners%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=2056015&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--><h2>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Critics of McCarthy&#8217;s Ousting<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) fiercely defends her decision to\u2064 vote for the removal of former \u2062House Speaker Kevin McCarthy \u2062(R-CA), stating that he &#8220;made risky decisions and faced the natural consequences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062outspoken member of the &#8220;Squad&#8221; took to social media on Wednesday evening to reiterate her stance on McCarthy&#8217;s removal.<\/p>\n<h3>The \u200bRace is On: Who Could Replace McCarthy as Speaker?<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Contrary to the behavior \u200cof \u2062McCarthy&#8217;s defenders,\u200b the idea\u200d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-whitlock-says-black-panther-wakanda-forever-promotes-matriarchy-and-racial-idolatry\/\" title=\"Jason Whitlock Says \"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever\" Promotes \u201cMatriarchy and Racial Idolatry\u201d\">men failing<\/a> up is not a Constitutionally protected right,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez asserted.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2063 further\u2063 emphasized that McCarthy&#8217;s \u2063own actions led to his downfall and it was not her responsibility to shield him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am not his mom, and my job is not to cushion Republicans from the consequences \u200cof their decisions,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez declared.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington \u2063Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a historic afternoon on Tuesday, the House voted 216-210 to remove \u2063McCarthy from\u200d the speakership, marking the first-ever removal of a\u200b sitting House \u200dspeaker.<\/p>\n<p>The motion\u2063 to\u200d vacate was initiated by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on\u200c Monday, with an unsuccessful attempt\u2062 to table the \u200cmotion shortly before \u200cthe vote. McCarthy&#8217;s ousting means that\u200d the\u2064 House will be unable\u2064 to function until a\u2063 new speaker is elected.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why\u2064 did Rep. Alexandria\u200b Ocasio-Cortez vote for the removal of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-once-upon-a-time-anthony-fauci-could-tell-the-truth-about-natural-immunity\/\" title=\"Rand Paul: 'Once Upon a Time Anthony Fauci Could Tell the Truth' About Natural Immunity\">firmly defended<\/a> \u200cher decision to \u200bvote for the \u2062removal of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u200d (R-CA), asserting that he &#8220;made \u200crisky decisions \u2063and \u2062faced\u200c the \u200dnatural \u200bconsequences.&#8221; Amid the controversy surrounding McCarthy&#8217;s ousting, Ocasio-Cortez,\u2064 known for her outspoken nature, took to social media to reaffirm her stance on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>In her statement, Ocasio-Cortez addressed the behavior exhibited by\u2064 McCarthy&#8217;s\u200b defenders, emphasizing\u2064 that the notion of\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-says-shes-not-mccarthys-mother-amid-speakership-fallout-my-job-is-not-to-put-pool-noodles-around-hard-corners\/\" title=\"AOC denies being McCarthy's mother amidst speakership dispute: 'I won't cushion tough situations'.\">men failing\u200d upwards<\/a> is \u200dnot a Constitutionally protected right. \u200bShe stressed that it was McCarthy&#8217;s own\u2062 actions that\u2064 led to\u2063 his downfall and that\u2062 she has no obligation to shield him from the consequences\u2062 of his\u200b decisions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is\u2062 not \u2063a matter \u2062of being someone&#8217;s\u200b mother and cushioning Republicans from the\u200d consequences of their choices,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez declared, making it clear that her\u200c role as a representative is not to protect individuals from the outcomes of their actions.<\/p>\n<p>The recent vote to remove McCarthy from the\u200d speakership came as \u2063a historic moment,\u200b with the House voting 216-210\u200c in favor of his removal. This marked\u200b the \u2064first-ever \u2064removal of a sitting House speaker. \u200dThe motion to vacate was initiated by \u200dRep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Monday, despite an unsuccessful attempt to table the\u200b motion shortly before the vote \u200ctook place. \u200bMcCarthy&#8217;s ousting \u2062has\u2063 left the House unable to \u2063function until a new speaker is elected.<\/p>\n<p>It is evident that Ocasio-Cortez\u2064 stands \u2064firmly behind her decision and is unapologetic about\u2062 her \u200bstance on McCarthy&#8217;s removal. As \u2063a member of the \u2064&#8221;Squad&#8221; and a prominent voice within the \u2062Democratic \u2062Party, her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-media-give-player-pass-on-anti-asian-racial-slur-thats-because-of-identity-and-politics\/\" title=\"NFL, Media Give Player Pass On Anti-Asian Racial Slur. That\u2019s Because Of Identity And Politics.\">words carry weight<\/a> and influence.\u2062 With her outspoken nature, it\u200c is likely she\u2062 will continue\u200b to be a vocal defender of her decisions and will not\u2062 shy away \u2063from confronting criticism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) defended the removal of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), stating that he faced the consequences of his risky decisions. She reiterated her support on social media and joined the race to find McCarthy&#8217;s replacement as Speaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2056016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2056015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056015","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2056015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2056016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2056015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2056015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2056015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}