{"id":550405,"date":"2021-06-03T07:06:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550405"},"modified":"2021-06-03T07:06:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T11:06:13","slug":"aoc-roasted-after-tweeting-photos-of-squalid-conditions-her-grandma-lives-in-you-need-to-help-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-roasted-after-tweeting-photos-of-squalid-conditions-her-grandma-lives-in-you-need-to-help-her\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Roasted After Tweeting Photos Of \u2018Squalid Conditions\u2019 Her Grandma Lives In: \u2018You Need To Help Her!\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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-roasted-after-tweeting-photos-of-squalid-conditions-her-grandma-lives-in-you-need-to-help-her%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=550405&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\/2021\/06\/AOC1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was slammed Wednesday after she posted photos her grandmother\u2019s poor living conditions and appeared to blame former President Donald Trump for the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust over a week ago, my [grandmother] fell ill,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. \u201cI went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID. This is her home. Hurricane Mar\u00eda relief hasn\u2019t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR. People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, &#038; developers are taking them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.282485875706\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID.<\/p>\n<p>This is her home. Hurricane Mar\u00eda relief hasn\u2019t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR.<\/p>\n<p>People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, &#038; developers are taking them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wnRxLalA2D\">pic.twitter.com\/wnRxLalA2D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1400150275676160001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Approximately 45 minutes later, after tweeting several more times and facing substantial criticism, AOC wrote that her grandmother was \u201cdoing okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about us, but about what\u2019s happening to Puerto Rican\u2019s across the island,\u201d she wrote. \u201cShe had a place to go to and be cared for \u2013 what about the thousands of people who don\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez faced intense backlash over the situation, including:<\/p>\n<p>Curtis Houck, NewsBusters Managing Editor: \u201cYou need to help her!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.8539325842697\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You need to help her! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DIezePzMSf\">https:\/\/t.co\/DIezePzMSf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1400323784448647173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Matt Walsh, Daily Wire columnist: \u201cAOC went and bought herself a Tesla while her grandmother lives in a shack with a collapsing ceiling. It never fails with these champagne socialists. They expect everyone else to make sacrifices while making none themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walsh also replied to AOC\u2019s tweet, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1400160069652713478\">writing<\/a>: \u201cShameful that you live in luxury while allowing your own grandmother to suffer in these squalid conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.7118644067797\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AOC went and bought herself a Tesla while her grandmother lives in a shack with a collapsing ceiling. It never fails with these champagne socialists. They expect everyone else to make sacrifices while making none themselves. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iZLgLjetMP\">pic.twitter.com\/iZLgLjetMP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1400161771902619651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mike Cernovich, political commentator: \u201cYou couldn\u2019t swing a mortgage payment or two?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0769230769231\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You couldn\u2019t swing a mortgage payment or two?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Internet Dad Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1400154129809477634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tom Elliott, founder of Grabien Media: \u201cAOC: My grandma can\u2019t fix her ceiling without a Washington bailout.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9259259259259\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AOC: My grandma can\u2019t fix her ceiling without a Washington bailout <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o41Klvbfws\">https:\/\/t.co\/o41Klvbfws<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1400151977850544132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Steve Milloy, political commentator: \u201cMaybe instead of sporting uber-expensive designer clothes you could sacrifice for your abuela. Maybe you could wear an outfit and then auction it off and send the money to your abuela. The possibilities are endless.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.505338078292\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe instead of sporting uber-expensive designer clothes you could sacrifice for your abuela.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you could wear an outfit and then auction it off and send the money to your abuela.<\/p>\n<p>The possibilities are endless. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PEuVtoBxoI\">https:\/\/t.co\/PEuVtoBxoI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JunkScience\/status\/1400160951480037376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elias Cepeda, political commentator: \u201cGood God, Rep., fix your grandmother\u2019s house. This colonization of Puerto Rico is bi-partisan &#038; your party as well as Trump\u2019s party need to end it here and everywhere else our empire exerts its pernicious power, including in Venezuela where you supported Trump\u2019s coup attempt.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.575581395349\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good God, Rep., fix your grandmother&#8217;s house. This colonization of Puerto Rico is bi-partisan &#038;  your party as well as Trump&#8217;s party need to end it here and everywhere else our empire exerts its pernicious power, including in Venezuela where you supported Trump&#8217;s coup attempt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FcadYguC3B\">https:\/\/t.co\/FcadYguC3B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliasCepeda\/status\/1400229401871196160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Christopher Bedford, Federalist senior editor: \u201cWhen your grandmother is ill and living in squalor, you can start working to get her into a proper home right away, or you can tweet attack Donald Trump. Your call, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.2995951417\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When your grandmother is ill and living in squalor, you can start working to get her into a proper home right away, or you can tweet attack Donald Trump. Your call, I guess. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fkTwmBccgM\">https:\/\/t.co\/fkTwmBccgM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher Bedford (@CBedfordDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBedfordDC\/status\/1400157611404709890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Roland Austinat, political commentator: \u201cHurricane Maria happened 3.5 years ago. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has not used FaceTime or a similar means of communication in four years with her abuela to see how she is doing? Especially during the non-travel days of the virus? I use FaceTime to call my parents multiple times a week.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.8936781609195\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hurricane Maria happened 3.5 years ago. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has not used FaceTime or a similar means of communication in four years with her abuela to see how she is doing? Especially during the non-travel days of the virus? I use FaceTime to call my parents multiple times a week. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OdUb3APG1d\">https:\/\/t.co\/OdUb3APG1d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roland Austinat (@austinat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/austinat\/status\/1400265000871096321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>John Molnar, political commentator: \u201cWhen members of Congress get paid $174k\/year and let their own abuelitas live in these kinds of conditions, we really gotta start talking about reducing their salaries Clearly the amount isn\u2019t drawing the most compassionate to the position.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.6\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When members of Congress get paid $174k\/year and let their own abuelitas live in these kinds of conditions, we really gotta start talking about reducing their salaries<\/p>\n<p>Clearly the amount isn&#8217;t drawing the most compassionate to the position <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1RrFgoEYoQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/1RrFgoEYoQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Molnar (@Gear6A) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gear6A\/status\/1400182355243929602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was slammed Wednesday after she posted photos her grandmother\u2019s poor living conditions and appeared to blame former President Donald Trump for the situation.\u201cJust over a week &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279015,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AOC1-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"AOC Roasted After Tweeting Photos Of \u2018Squalid Conditions\u2019 Her Grandma Lives In: \u2018You Need To Help Her!\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AOC1-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"AOC Roasted After Tweeting Photos Of \u2018Squalid Conditions\u2019 Her Grandma Lives In: \u2018You Need To Help Her!\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550405","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=550405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}