Twitter seems to be taking the serious allegations by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y. against Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on his platform Thursday.
Ocasio-Cortez, who has repeatedly called on Cruz to resign over his challenge for part of President Biden’s election college certification, has rejected the GOP legislature’s olive branch after the two agreed to to hold congressional hearings in the decision on the app of Robinhood. to block purchases of shares in companies like GameStop amid chaos in Wall Street caused by amateur traders.
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“I’m glad to work with Republicans on this issue where there’s a common cause, but you had me killed almost 3 weeks ago so you could evict this one,” Ocasio-Cortez told Cruz. “Happy to work with almost any other GOP who is not trying to kill me. If you want to help in the meantime, please resign.”
Critics have blasted the Democratic “Squad” member’s rhetoric. The Conservative Media Research Center (MRC) has challenged Twitter to take action against her tweet and suggested hypocrisy by the technology giant after former President Donald Trump was permanently suspended from the platform earlier this month.
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“A disturbed congressman accusing a U.S. senator of attempted murder? If Trump had lied like that, you would have shut him down,” MRC responded. “@birdwatch @ TwitterSafety – CRUSH @AOC or prove your left bias. #SUSPENDAOC”
Conservative commentator Stephen Miller tested Twitter’s new community fact-finding initiative “Birdwatch” by submitting a report on the congresswoman’s “Misleading or Potentially Misleading” tweet.
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“Ted Cruz did not try to have Congressman Ocasio-Cortez assassinated,” Miller claimed.
Others have suggested that Ocasio-Cortez’s tweet amounts to ‘slander’ and incitement to violence against the senator.
Steve Louder, host of ‘Louder with Crowder’, wrote: ‘I’m not saying this tweet is an attempt to incite violence against a sitting senator. But an assertion like this requires proof or it is a verifiable defamation. You see yourself clearly as the law above. ”
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“@ Twitter Security I would like to report this tweet. @ AOC accuses a sitting senator of attempted murder … can we at least get a fact check? This kind of accusation is not only subject to libel, it makes many people feel unsafe. What if his retaliation against @SenTedCruz escalates? “asked RedState editor-in-chief Kira Davis.
“I support @tedcruz to file a lawsuit for this defamation. I support Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to be investigated for incitement against Senator Cruz and irresponsible spread of conspiracy and hate rhetoric. This conduct should not be tolerated in Congress. not, “tweeted author Chad Felix Greene. .
A Twitter spokesperson told Fox News: ‘We have no comment on this. ‘
Ocasio-Cortez has stepped up rhetoric towards her GOP colleagues over the past few weeks. The congresswoman claimed Wednesday that the House Republican caucus is made up of “white supremacist sympathizers” and that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, has “answers to these QAnon members of Congress.”
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“There are no consequences in the Republican caucus for violence, there are no consequences for racism, no consequences for misogyny, no consequences for insurgency, and no consequences mean that they approve of it,” Ocasio-Cortez told MSNBC . “It means that silence is acceptance and that they want it, because they know that for them it is a core that learns energy and it is extremely dangerous.”