{"id":551869,"date":"2021-06-03T23:06:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T03:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=551869"},"modified":"2021-06-03T23:06:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T03:06:04","slug":"you-represent-americans-better-than-we-represent-ourselves-kathy-griffin-praises-aoc-for-photo-of-ailing-grandma-invoking-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-represent-americans-better-than-we-represent-ourselves-kathy-griffin-praises-aoc-for-photo-of-ailing-grandma-invoking-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You Represent Americans Better Than We Represent Ourselves\u2019: Kathy Griffin Praises AOC For Photo Of Ailing Grandma, Invoking Trump"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fyou-represent-americans-better-than-we-represent-ourselves-kathy-griffin-praises-aoc-for-photo-of-ailing-grandma-invoking-trump%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=551869&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\/GettyImages-1183323308.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>After Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued a tweet complaining that her ailing grandmother in Puerto Rico was suffering, invoking former President Trump as a seeming cause, but not indicating she herself could offer help of her own, faux comedienne Kathy Griffin, infamous for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disgusting-kathy-griffin-holds-trumps-bloody-hank-berrien\">posing with a severed head<\/a> representing Trump,\u00a0paid obsequious homage, replying, \u201cThank you for doing a great job. You represent Americans better than we represent ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez had tweeted, \u201cJust over a week ago, my [grandmother] fell ill. I 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<p>Pundit Glenn Greenwald snapped, \u201cOne of the absolute best moments on Twitter this year (and don\u2019t let anyone put doubts in your head by preposterously claiming that there was anything satirical or \u2018joking\u2019 about @kathygriffin\u2019s tweet[)]. So often, woke liberalism masks these kinds of sentiments.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3153153153153\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of the absolute best moments on Twitter this year (and don&#8217;t let anyone put doubts in your head by preposterously claiming that there was anything satirical or &#8220;joking&#8221; about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathygriffin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kathygriffin<\/a>&#8216;s tweet. So often, woke liberalism masks these kinds of sentiments: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7qBpSyIsjn\">pic.twitter.com\/7qBpSyIsjn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1400425618475528193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-roasted-after-tweeting-photos-of-squalid-conditions-her-grandma-lives-in-you-need-to-help-her\">blistered on social media<\/a> for her tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin\u2019s comments on how to best represent America are not the first time she has waxed eloquent on American politics; in January 2020, she ripped Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, tweeting, \u201cOk, it\u2019s time to admit how ignorant we are. His name is Mark Esper. Trump chose him because he used to work at Boeing. He was a captain in the army during a non-war period.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4615384615385\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ok, it\u2019s time to admit how ignorant we are. His name is Mark Esper. Trump chose him because he used to work at Boeing. He was a captain in the army during a non-war period. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ue2h4OEcPC\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ue2h4OEcPC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathygriffin\/status\/1212989231598948352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One problem, as The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kathy-griffin-attacks-mark-espers-military-service-trump-jr-blasts-her-in-statement\">noted<\/a>: \u201cEsper is a combat veteran who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20171205230045\/https:\/www.army.mil\/leaders\/sa\/bio\/\">served<\/a> in the in the 1990-1991 Gulf War with the 101st Airborne Division, which debunks Griffin\u2019s claims that he served during \u2018a non-war period.\u2019 \u2026 The Department of Defense\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Our-Story\/Biographies\/Biography\/Article\/1378166\/dr-mark-t-esper\/\">highlighted<\/a> the awards that Esper earned through his service to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire then quoted a portion of a Defense Department bio of Esper:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><em>Dr. Esper is a recipient of the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Among his many military awards and decorations are the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, the Kuwait Liberation Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal-Saudi Arabia, and the Combat Infantryman\u00a0Badge.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In August 2018, Griffin bloviated that police in Portland, Oregon, were siding with Nazis and that cops in America were \u201clargely racist.\u201d She tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>Oh, f*** off! Police in Portland,of all cities, siding with &#038; protecting nazis \u201cproud boys\u201d and \u201cprayer\u2026\u201d some s***. White America has to face the harsh reality that cops are largely racist. Yeah, I said it. The cops are fighting the actual Portlanders and calling them \u201cantifa.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.475274725275\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh, fuck off! Police in Portland,of all cities, siding with &#038; protecting nazis \u201cproud boys\u201d and \u201cprayer\u2026\u201d some shit. White America has to face the harsh reality that cops are largely racist. Yeah, I said it. The cops are fighting the actual Portlanders and calling them \u201cantifa\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z08UuXefaR\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z08UuXefaR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathygriffin\/status\/1025873061579505665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, there was one huge hole in Griffin\u2019s commentary: the chief of police of Portland since 2017 had been a black woman. Danielle Outlaw served 19 years with the Oakland Police Department before she was appointed deputy chief of police in Oakland in 2013. She\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/index.ssf\/2017\/08\/portland_mayor_selects_outside.html\">became chief of police<\/a> in Portland in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><em>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 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Rep. 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