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- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks about Bernie Sanders, the upcoming 2020 census and her new dog. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks about Bernie Sanders, the upcoming 2020 census and her new dog.
- Ocasio-Cortez seemed to be referring to the practice of breeders keeping puppies until they reach 8 weeks of age, at which point they're sold and likely never see their parents again.
- President Donald Trump’s eldest son shared a meme featuring photographs of his father and Ocasio-Cortez, 29, which suggested that her progressive policies would result in Americans having to eat dogs.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a furry new constituent: She just got a French bulldog puppy. Ocasio-Cortez, a 30-year-old who has quickly become one of the most famous progressive.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out for claiming Trump food stamp changes might have left her family 'starved'
Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is receiving pushback after claiming her family 'might've just starved' had the Trump administration's tightened requirements for food stamp recipients been in place when her father died in 2008.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., made a puzzling argument on Tuesday in order to counter a conservative nonprofit's argument about free markets providing paid family leave.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Compares Childbirth to Dog Breeding December 11, 2019 December 11, 2019 Curated News abortion, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez LifeNews Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared having children to breeding dogs in a bizarre pitch for longer paid maternity leave, claiming that society treats dogs and puppies better than human.
'Do we know how long puppies are allowed to stay with their mothers after a dog has given birth?' she asked during a House Oversight Committee hearing on paid leave.
'Uh, eight weeks. So, the market has decided that women and people who give birth deserve less time with their children than a dog,' she added.
Ocasio-Cortez seemed to be referring to the practice of breeders keeping puppies until they reach 8 weeks of age, at which point they're sold and likely never see their parents again.
Paid family leave generally refers to a limited period of time in which human parents can leave work to take care of a new child. The parent is still able to live with the child after that paid period ends.
She made those comments in an apparent attempt to dispute Heritage Foundation scholar Rachel Greszler, who had advocated businesses and workers negotiating their own terms for wages and paid leave. Greszler, in a statement provided to Fox News, criticized Ocasio-Cortez's comments.
“As a woman who has given birth to six children, I find being compared to a breeding dog with puppies incredibly offensive. What AOC failed to point out is the reason many states require puppies to spend at least eight weeks with their mothers is in the context of them being sold to people after that period,' she said.
Ocasio-Cortez's use of the word 'allowed' indicated some kind of legal prohibition -- meaning that by definition, the government interfered rather than allowing the free market to act. A long list of states has instituted regulations surrounding that point in development.
Ocasio-Cortez's office did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment. The congresswoman stood by her argument on Twitter.
After serving up several questions to Greszler, Ocasio-Cortez made her dog breeder analogy and pushed for more government intervention in paid leave policies.
'And I think that that, at its core, has shown that the market has failed to treat people with dignity and with basic respect -- and so when that happens, I think it's our job as the public to redefine the rules of society,' she added.
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York pilloried Rep. Kurt Schrader after the Oregon Democrat voted against an amendment to increase one-time direct payments to most Americans from $600 to $2,000, which passed the House on Monday when 44 Republicans joined 231 Democrats in supporting the bill now awaiting action in the Senate.
Schrader opposed the Caring for Americans With Supplemental Help (CASH) Act because, according to the lawmaker—whose net worth hovered close to $8 million in 2018—'people who are making six figure incomes and who have not been impact[ed] by Covid-19 do not need checks.'
Just over an hour after voicing his disapproval of bigger relief checks for the majority of U.S. households, Schrader voted in favor of overriding President Donald Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), greenlighting more than $740 billion in military spending for fiscal year 2021—and perfectly encapsulating what the ostensibly centrist, national security-minded Blue Dog Coalition, a caucus of Democratic lawmakers to which Schrader belongs, means by 'fiscal responsibility.'
'First of all, aid starts phasing out at $75,000,' Ocasio-Cortez began in her rebuttal to Schrader's statement, which was riddled with erroneous assertions. 'It's already tied to outdated income information, don't make it worse,' she continued, alluding to the fact that eligibility is based on 2019 tax returns.
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Although individuals with incomes in the six-figure range are in fact not eligible for a full relief check, contrary to what Schrader suggested, Ocasio-Cortez reminded the Blue Dog Democrat that people who made $100,000 or more 'also had income disrupted.' Besides, she asked, 'Is this really a good reason to block aid for millions?'
1st of all, aid starts phasing out at $75k
2. it’s already tied to outdated income info, don’t make it worse
3. Ppl who made $100k+ also had income disrupted
4. Is this really a good reason to block aid for millions
5. If you’re going to err, err on the side of helping people https://t.co/tBSuR99WLN
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According to Schrader, the CASH Act 'is an ineffective and poorly targeted approach to aiding Americans in distress.' He described the measure as 'clearly a last-minute political maneuver by the president and extremists on both sides of the political spectrum, who have been largely absent during months of very hard negotiations.'
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Schrader was one of two House Democrats to vote against the amendment to increase relief checks from $600 to $2,000. He was joined by outgoing Rep. Daniel Lipinski of Illinois and both voted to override Trump's NDAA veto, along with 210 other Democratic representatives.
As Common Dreamsreported Tuesday, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Monday night applauded the 20 House Democrats who 'had the courage... to vote no on the bloated defense budget,' which he said contributes to 'changing the culture of endless war and calling for more investment instead in the American people.'
Schrader took a misleading jab at left-leaning lawmakers, accusing them of choosing 'to tweet their opinions instead of coming to the table to get aid in the hands of Americans and small businesses that need it most,' a bizzare claim given that direct payments to struggling people were 'not even on the table' prior to the efforts of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the Congressional Progressive Caucus to which Ocasio-Cortez belongs.
In addition to correcting the false information underlying Schrader's stated reasons for opposing the CASH Act, Ocasio-Cortez told the conservative lawmaker: 'If you're going to err, err on the side of helping people.'