Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who dismissed her and other progressives who voted against their chamber’s bill to send $4.6 billion in emergency aid to the U.S. southern border
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“I find it strange when members act as though social media isn’t important,” added the political newcomer whose social media savvy helped propel her prominence and eventually an upsetting victory against an establishment Democrat in the 2016 midterms. The key differences between the bills fell around stricter oversight of migrant care in detention facilities, which was demanded by the House version, and additional money for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement , which was included in the Senate version, the only border aid measure President Trump said he would sign.
“We will not engage in the same disrespectful behavior that the Senate did in ignoring our priorities,” she wrote. “In order to get resources to the children fastest, we will reluctantly pass the Senate bill.”
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