{"id":2248120,"date":"2024-05-19T16:59:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T20:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-slams-ocasio-cortez-for-suggesting-that-hes-a-bully-thats-absurd\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T17:01:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T21:01:26","slug":"fetterman-slams-ocasio-cortez-for-suggesting-that-hes-a-bully-thats-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-slams-ocasio-cortez-for-suggesting-that-hes-a-bully-thats-absurd\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman dismisses accusation of bullying by Ocasio-Cortez as absurd"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ffetterman-slams-ocasio-cortez-for-suggesting-that-hes-a-bully-thats-absurd%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=2248120&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>Senator John Fetterman criticized Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for \u200daccusing him of bullying during a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a>. The tension\u2063 arose from Fetterman&#8217;s remarks \u2064on the House Oversight Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">drama<\/a>\u200b involving Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene \u2062and Rep. Jasmine Crockett. The heated exchange started with insults and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-defend-protests-say-protection-around-capitol-building-was-inadequate\/\" title=\"Protesters defend protests, say protection around Capitol building was inadequate\">escalated<\/a> with\u200d wider member involvement. Senator John Fetterman criticized Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for accusing him of\u2062 bullying during a recent interview. The tension stemmed \u2062from Fetterman&#8217;s comments on the House\u2064 Oversight Committee drama involving Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rep. Jasmine Crockett. The conflict began\u200c with insults\u2063 and escalated as more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">members<\/a> became \u2062involved.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) during an interview over the weekend after she suggested late last week that he was a bully for mocking childish antics that played out in the U.S. House that involved AOC.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman had commented on the drama that unfolded on the House Oversight Committee when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) got in a verbal altercation after Crockett insulted Greene\u2019s intelligence and Greene responded by insulting her appearance. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-parents-confront-naked-man-after-he-inappropriately-touched-their-children-in-jcpenney\/\" title=\"Seattle parents confront naked man after he sexually assaults their children at JCPenney.\">incident quickly escalated<\/a> from there, with other members getting involved, including AOC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, I\u2019ve described the U.S. House as The Jerry Springer Show,\u201d Fetterman posted on X. \u201cToday, I\u2019m apologizing to The Jerry Springer Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez responded by lashing out at Fetterman, and appeared to take a shot at his mental fitness for office, calling him \u201cconfused,\u201d which comes after he suffered a serious stroke in 2022 and has had lingering issues related to speech and hearing ever since.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand you likely would not have stood up for your colleague and seem to be confused about racism and misogyny being a \u2018both sides\u2019 issue,\u201d AOC posted. \u201cBut I stand up to bullies, instead of becoming one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to the women of Pennsylvania: I\u2019d stand up for you too,\u201d she continued. \u201cEnjoy your Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman responded to AOC\u2019s remarks during a Sunday appearance on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d with Jake Tapper when asked about the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, well, of course, that\u2018s absurd,\u201d Fetterman said. \u201cI was just simply responding to the kind of chaos and everything that Rep. Greene started as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if everyone on the committee was proud of what they\u2018ve produced, they are entitled to their opinion or if they feel that this is the kind of a video that you want to send to a classroom of 8th grade civics kind of students across America,\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s their choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThat\u2019s absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnFetterman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnFetterman<\/a> fires back at Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a> after she suggests he is a bully for his tweet about House Oversight Committee members after their clash on Thursday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vT36eK7s7i\">pic.twitter.com\/vT36eK7s7i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/1792222914445500717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) strongly criticized Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in a recent interview. Ocasio-Cortez accused Fetterman of bullying for mocking childish behavior in the U.S. House, particularly involving AOC. 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