Thursday, April 11, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez Defends Omar's 9/11 Comments By Mocking War Hero Dan Crenshaw





. . . "The 29-year-old former bartender attacked Crenshaw, a decorated war hero, by suggesting that he was not fighting for the families of 9/11 victims and saying that he should "go do something" about terrorism.
"As a Navy SEAL, Crenshaw lost his eye fighting terrorists in Afghanistan and earned 2 Bronze Stars (one with Valor), the Purple Heart, the Navy Commendation Medal with Valor, and other awards.
" 'You refuse to cosponsor the 9/11 Victim’s Compensation Fund, yet have the audacity to drum resentment towards Ilhan w/completely out-of-context quotes," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. "In 2018, right-wing extremists were behind almost ALL US domestic terrorist killings. Why don’t you go do something about that?' " . . .

This article also points out the following:
Everything Ocasio-Cortez tweeted was either an outright lie or was misleading as she defended Omar.Nothing that the New York Post or Crenshaw said used "completely out-of-context quotes" from Omar, they quoted her directly.Ocasio-Cortez did not state that Omar was only one out of 213 cosponsors of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act, along with 42 Republican lawmakers.Ocasio-Cortez's claim that Crenshaw refuses to support the bill is also a lie. The bill has not even been voted on in the House and just because Crenshaw is not a cosponsor does not prevent him from voting in favor of the bill when a vote is held on it.Ocasio-Cortez's claim that Omar has "done more for 9/11 families than the GOP" is a blatant lie.
 Dem Rep. Tlaib Defends Ilhan Omar’s 9/11 Comments: “She Does Speak Truth”…

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