Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., criticized House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Monday for his record of defending members of his caucus who have engaged in white supremacy and antisemitism.
Over the weekend, Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona appeared at the America First Political Action Conference, which was organized by white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Greene appeared in person, while Gosar sent a prerecorded video after speaking in person last year.Speaking to reporters on Monday
, McCarthy called the appearance “appalling and wrong,” noting the “Putin” chants that Fuentes led at the conference. McCarthy added, “There’s no place in our party for any of this,” and said Greene should have walked off the stage following her introduction, in which Fuentes said, “Now they’re going on about Russia and Vladimir Putin is Hitler — they say that’s not a good thing.” When McCarthy was asked about it at a Tuesday morning press conference, he referred to his prior statements.
The New York congresswoman retweeted McCarthy’s comments and criticized him for his previous defenses of extremist members of his caucus. “McCarthy has been protecting his little KKK Caucus for years with these toothless statements and meetings,”on Monday. “It’s how he covers for them. He’s now helped them for so long they’ve escalated their open antisemitism & collaboration w/ white nationalist groups. He’s just as culpable.”
“McCarthy stood on the House floor and passionately defended Rep. Gosar, who also headlined fundraisers for white nationalist orgs & escalated into inciting violence in the House,” Ocasio-Cortez continued. “He made it fair game. It’s not an exaggeration in the slightest to say he works to protect them.
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