{"id":2250714,"date":"2024-05-22T18:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T22:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-accused-of-literally-admitting-to-election-interference-with-trump-ankle-bracelet-comment\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T18:54:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T22:54:16","slug":"aoc-accused-of-literally-admitting-to-election-interference-with-trump-ankle-bracelet-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-accused-of-literally-admitting-to-election-interference-with-trump-ankle-bracelet-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC accused of election interference with Trump &#8216;ankle bracelet&#8217; remark"},"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\">20<\/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-accused-of-literally-admitting-to-election-interference-with-trump-ankle-bracelet-comment%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=2250714&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>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faces criticism\u2063 for\u200d her comments on Trump&#8217;s legal matters, with suggestions of election interference. Critics point \u200cout\u200d the\u200d irony of her remarks given the political \u200clandscape. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-men-arrested-for-illegal-possession-of-firearms-in-chicago-all-released-on-bond\/\" title=\"3 men in Chicago arrested for illegal possession of firearms, released on bond.\">incident raises questions<\/a> \u200babout the role \u200dof legal \u2064challenges in obstructing\u200b political campaigns. The situation \u200bexposes potential contradictions in political \u200bstrategies and\u2063 public statements. Alexandria \u2064Ocasio-Cortez is under\u200c scrutiny for \u200bher remarks on Trump&#8217;s legal issues, sparking concerns of election interference. Critics \u200bhighlight the irony of her statements in the current political context. This \u2063incident prompts debates on how legal battles can \u200cimpede political campaigns, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-new-montana-senate-pick-tim-sheehy-has-many-red-flags-forcing-the-maga-world-to-side-with-his-opponent\/\" title=\"Trump's Montana Senate pick, Tim Sheehy, raises concerns, causing MAGA supporters to back his opponent\">revealing potential inconsistencies<\/a> in political \u200capproaches and public declarations.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 22, 2024 at 1:14pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has never been accused of being overburdened with intelligence, but her recent faux pas might end up in the top 10 for her dumbest public moments.<\/p>\n<p>Not content to have shown up to the world\u2019s most exclusive party with a dress reading \u201cTax the Rich,\u201d or to have humiliated herself via a recent public spat in Congress, AOC decided to further put her foot in her mouth while speaking with reporters about Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-puts-susan-rice-in-charge-of-effort-to-expand-vote-by-mail\/\" title=\"Biden Puts Susan Rice in Charge of Effort to Expand Vote by Mail\">legal affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2024\/may\/21\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-says-donald-trump-schedul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Times,<\/a> AOC declared that the only reason the former president was planning to host a rally in the South Bronx was because he was \u201cbroke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaborating on this statement in a video shared to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X by the Washington Post, AOC continued her long history of legendary gaffes by deciding to comment on Trump\u2019s legal difficulties.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AOC on Trump: \u201cThe man practically has the legal version of an ankle bracelet around him\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4OmOiSB21V\">https:\/\/t.co\/4OmOiSB21V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RN0CaJgKWj\">pic.twitter.com\/RN0CaJgKWj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/1793280655524233363?\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the video, AOC told reporters, \u201cHe\u2019s doing it in the South Bronx, not to make a point, but because he\u2019s got court, and the man practically has the legal version of an ankle bracelet around him, and he can\u2019t leave the five boroughs because he always has to be in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She might want to have kept that part to herself.<\/p>\n<p>Because, hearing those words, most ordinary folks watching would probably want to ask her, who have been the ones responsible for keeping him there in the first place?<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Are the prosecutions of Trump election interference?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oblivious to her blunder, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wj-live-aoc-torched-final-blunder-2021-claims-cause-gop-sexual-frustration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AOC<\/a> pressed on, saying, \u201cIt is truly an embarrassment to him, and I am looking forward to response of everyday Bronxites talking about how they feel about him coming to their background.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AOC ended her little diatribe clearly quite pleased with herself, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brain-of-fmr-nfl-player-who-killed-5-to-be-examined-for-cte\/\" title=\"Brain of fmr NFL player who killed 5 to be examined for CTE\">good folks<\/a> of X were quick to notice her accidental admission, with one user commenting \u201cOpen mouth, insert foot. Thanks for confirming.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Open mouth, insert foot.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for confirming.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maga HQ (@88flyersfan88) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/88flyersfan88\/status\/1793282032518234411?\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chaya Raichik of LibsofTikTok likewise shared the clip with her followers, with the caption, \u201cShe\u2019s literally admitting to election interference.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">She\u2019s literally admitting to election interference <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/952RTi2DXT\">https:\/\/t.co\/952RTi2DXT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChayaRaichik10\/status\/1793311003301793825?\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other users concurred.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">She doesn\u2019t care because she knows there will be zero consequences for her actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Renatta Michele Oxendine (@RenattaOxendine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RenattaOxendine\/status\/1793313005003792479?\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Not the sharpest tool in the shed. But she\u2019s not saying anything we don\u2019t already know. Someone should add this to her greatest hits.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 howy (@howy333) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/howy333\/status\/1793321591087984756?\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed.<\/p>\n<p>While AOC\u2019s history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/designer-aocs-tax-rich-dress-caught-massive-illegal-financial-hypocrisy-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypocrisy<\/a> has been well-documented, it still was extremely foolish of her to comment on Trump\u2019s legal situation and campaign efforts.<\/p>\n<p>It was rather below the belt for her to make fun of Trump for his legal affairs putting constraints on his campaign since it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-posts-bond-ny-fraud-case-crushing-democrats-fantasies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AOC\u2019s fellow Democrats<\/a> putting him in this position in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Was she trying to pretend that Trump\u2019s unorthodox campaign has not been directly because of the carefully timed and politically motivated prosecutions by the Democrats?<\/p>\n<p>She just made Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/melania-trump-sticking-husband-mug-shot-election-interference-political-rivals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">election interference<\/a> case for him.<\/p>\n<p>Usually politicians are careful to dress up their nefarious actions with pretty sounding words, pretending such things are not occurring.<\/p>\n<p>It generally has not been considered good political practice to all but admit that your party is actively preventing your political opponent from campaigning with bogus lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>But, of course, considering this is the woman who let herself get effortlessly pulled into a catty, high school girl argument during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/total-chaos-hearing-gets-wild-mtg-roasts-aoc-friends-dont-enough-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Oversight Committee<\/a> hearing barely a week ago, perhaps we should not expect too much from her.<\/p>\n<p>Never change, AOC, never change.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45810\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45810\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45810\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45810\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Allison Anton dabbles in fiction, as well as commenting on depressing modern trends and media. She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faces scrutiny for a recent blunder, potentially ranking among her top 10 public gaffes. 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