Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezWarner says the $ 5 trillion package “doesn’t reach” housing assistance. (DN.Y) on Sunday shot Sen. Joe Manchin
Joe ManchinWarner says the .5 trillion-dollar package “doesn’t reach” housing assistance. (DW.Va) after the centrist senator referred to her as a “miss” while responding to the congresswoman’s criticisms.
“In Washington, I usually know that my questions about power get somewhere when the powerful stop referring to me as a‘ congressman ’and start referring to me as a‘ miss ’,” he tweeted.
“Can you imagine that every time someone referred to someone by the name ‘Miss’, they were asked to answer for their age and gender?” she continued. “They would be quite upset if someone responded with ‘the old man’, right? Why this kind of weird, sponsoring behavior is so accepted, it’s beyond me!”
Imagine if every time someone referred to someone as a “miss” they were asked for an answer because of their age and gender? They would be pretty upset if someone responded with “the old man,” right? Why this kind of weird, sponsoring behavior is so accepted is beyond me!
– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 13, 2021
Ocasio-Cortez’s comments come after Manchin made statements about the congresswoman during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” when he discussed the recent allegations by the House legislator that the senator met “weekly” with staff from ‘Exxon.
Manchin denied these allegations during CNN’s appearance, saying they are “totally false” and saying those comments “continue to divide, divide, divide.”
“I do not know this young lady so well. Not really. I know her once, I think, between sets here. But that’s all. Therefore, we did not hold any conversations. She just speculates and says things because she wants to, ”Manchin added.
The exchange of tensions marks the last round trip in recent weeks between the two representing the opposing sides of the Democratic Party, as Manchin has repeatedly rejected other people in his party for the proposed price of 3.5 trillion. dollars associated with the Democrats ’next social spending bill.
Democrats are working to approve the package, which would allow it to move forward in key parts President Biden
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However, the party has had trouble joining on a forward path as tensions rise between the different factions amid spending negotiations. Some moderates say the package should be smaller, while several progressives have said otherwise.
Manchin has become a target for progressives in the face of his opposition to the $ 3.5 trillion floating price, as well as his comments calling on Democrats to pause reconciliation efforts as the leadership works quickly to craft and advance the package.
During his interview Sunday, Manchin withdrew from criticism from colleagues that he “bought and paid for business donors,” saying, “I oppose it because it makes no sense.”
“You have the right to your own facts, I mean, to your own opinions. You simply do not have the right to create your own facts to support it. And that’s exactly what they do, ”the senator said.