From left: Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (inset).Photo: ted cruz//twitter; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty
Democratic Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezwas characteristically direct in atweetthis week criticizing her Republican colleague’s recent meeting with former PresidentDonald Trump.
In a post directed at Texas Sen.Ted Cruz, Ocasio-Cortez wrote, “Nothing like reminiscing about attempted coups over a bouquet of flowers.”
She ended the tweet with two ogre emojis.
Ocasio-Cortez’s post came after Cruz, 50, shared a photo of himself and the former president dining at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida along with the caption: “Had a great dinner tonight with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago. He’s in great spirits! We spent the evening talking about working together to re-take the House & Senate in 2022.”
The progressive New York lawmaker has criticized Cruz in the past for what she described as his role in the January riots at the U.S. Capitol, in which a pro-Trump mob stormed the building, forcing the evacuation of lawmakers including former Vice President Mike Pence.
Ocasio-Cortez, 31, called for Cruz’s resignation weeks after the attack, saying shewould not workwith him on legislation because “you almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago.”
“Happy to work w/ almost any other GOP that aren’t trying to get me killed,” she added. “In the meantime if you want to help, you can resign.”
Ocasio-Cortez has repeatedly called for accountability for those in Congress who fueled baseless claims that the results of the 2020 presidential election were fraudulent — including Cruz.
She has said both Cruz and RepublicanSen. Josh Hawley— who was seen fist-pumping Trump supporters prior to the rioting — should “get out” of Congress.
While Trump, 74, left the White House January and remains a divisive figure nationally, he is robustly popular with the conservative base and his hold on the Republican Party has not weakened.
In recent months, the former president has hosted a number of prominent GOP lawmakers at his private club (where he currently lives with wife Melania and their teenage son, Barron).
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Minority Whip Steve Scalise and more controversial figures such as Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz, have all paid Trump a visit.
From left: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ted Cruz.getty images(2)
Republican Sen.Mitt Romney, who twice voted in favor of removing Trump from office, recently said he still expects that Trump “will continue to play a role in” the party.
source: people.com
