Rep. Chip RoyCharles (Chip) Eugene RoyGOP congressman demands Ocasio-Cortez apologizes after Twitter exchange with Republicans at Cruz House, asks for briefing on threats posed by the national guard in DC in Wyoming, to condemn Liz Cheney for Trump -accusation. (R-Texas) said Tuesday that although he is “sad to learn” about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Cruz reached out to the congresswoman on Twitter last week, indicating that they could find a rare deal in the investigation into the rally through GameStop and other Wall Street stocks. She vehemently rejected his offer, indicating that she blamed him and other Republicans for their efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 election and draw a line from it to the Capitol violation.
“I’m glad to work with Republicans on this issue where there is a common cause, but you had me killed almost 3 weeks ago so you can put it out,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. ‘Happy to work with almost any other GOP who’s not trying to kill me. If you want to help in the meantime, thank you. ‘
Later that day, Roy, who had previously served as Cruz’s chief of staff, sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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“It came to my attention,” he wrote, “that Ocasio-Cortez ‘essentially accused Senator Ted Cruz of attempted murder.’
“If Representative Ocasio-Cortez does not immediately apologize, we will be forced to find alternative ways to condemn this deplorable statement,” Roy said. added in the letter.
On Monday, Ocasio-Cortez spoken in an Instagram live stream which outlines her experience of the uprising that the fear went through was exacerbated by the trauma of being a survivor of sexual assault.
“This is the tactic used by abusers,” she added. The people who say, ‘We need to move on,’ ‘We need not be accountable,’ etc., say, ‘Can you just forget it, so we can do it again? ‘”
Roy shared a statement with The Hill on Tuesday that he, “was saddened by the trauma my colleague, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, has described in recent days regarding sexual assault. ”
“No one should go through with it, and I hope he has received justice and experienced peace in the matter,” Roy added.
However, he added, “I will not be influenced by my beliefs about right and wrong – with regard to this or anything else. Her comparison of my defense of colleagues to her circumstances was again inappropriate, but I am not going to participate in the discussion of her personal experiences as a political issue. ‘
He went on to say that Ocasio-Cortez’s experience ‘does not change the fact that her allegation against Senator Cruz was completely unacceptable for a member of Congress to address another member over free speech and debate over what our Constitution say about voters. Nor does it change my position that she should apologize for the remarks. ‘
“Members of this body have a duty to work to repair the tattered fabric of our Republic, to stop this heightened rhetoric, to shoot down social media, and to continue to do the work that the American people do to us. Sent here to do, “he added. .
Cruz was one of the most outspoken supporters of challenging 2020 voters in certain states over unfounded allegations of widespread voter fraud. These allegations, made by former President Trump
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