The freshman firebrand has accused the speaker of targeting progressive women of color.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to address claims by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that she’s singling out women of color for criticism, saying she will not discuss the simmering feud further in public.
Pelosi’s comments follow a days-long public spat with Ocasio-Cortez, which started when the speaker questioned how much influence Ocasio-Cortez and her allies, Reps. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, actually have. Ocasio-Cortez fired back, first in a series of tweets and then in an interview with the Washington Post accusing Pelosi of being “outright disrespectful” for the “explicit singling out of newly elected women of color.
“I don’t think the speaker is used to having a group of members who has bigger Twitter followings than her. I don’t think most of us are,” Jayapal said in an interview Thursday. Pelosi gave a forceful speech during Wednesday’s closed-door meeting, urging Democrats not to target each other publicly on Twitter – remarks that were seen pointed at progressives specifically.
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