Ocasio-Cortez Gets Nasty With Steve Scalise, Her Supporters Threaten Him. His Response Is Perfect.
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) got nasty with Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) on Saturday after he accurately characterized comments she made in a recent interview. In response to Scalise, her followers made violent and threatening remarks toward Scalise, who was nearly murdered in 2017 by a Democratic terrorist.
Ocasio-Cortez made her statement that she wants Americans to pay up to 70% in taxes in a “60 Minutes” interview that is scheduled to air on Sunday.
The 29-year-old bartender turned socialist politician asserted without evidence that Scalise did not know “how marginal tax rates work,” in response to his tweet.
Supporters of Ocasio-Cortez responded by jumping in and making threatening comments toward Scalise.
“Kick his cane,” another one of her supporters wrote.
Ocasio-Cortez has not addressed the violent statements from her followers.
This article is hilarious in so many ways.
1. First of all the tweet itself was proof that Steve does not understand the tax system because he said 70% of your income, but nobody in the higher tax brackets would pay just one tax rate like 70% on their income. They would pay taxes in brackets. Marginal tax brackets. If Steve understood that, he would never have tweeted this because it’s just plain wrong.
2. The article keeps referring to Ocasio as a “socialist” when that is VERY different from a “democratic socialist.” They share the word “socialist” yes, but they have very, very different meanings. It’s like saying your “mother” is your “grandmother” just because they both end in “mother.” DIFFERENT meanings.
3. Why should anyone be responsible for addressing comments made by some random person who they’ve never met on the internet? People should only be held responsible for their own actions and words. Like Steve’s words literally making no sense based on our current marginal tax system. Yeah, didn’t see him address that at all.