TERRIFIED: Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulls the public library card on the GOP

Brett T. | 10:19 PM on July 05, 2018

Ever since her primary victory, we’ve run posts on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reporting that conservatives are scared of her and Republicans are terrified by her. It seems terror is the cornerstone of her campaign, because now she’s predicting just how much more terrified the GOP is going to be after they untangle this non-sequitur:

If you think the GOP is terrified of my politics now, just wait until they find out about public libraries.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 5, 2018

That sent chills up our spines for sure.

You mean the same libraries bursting at the seems with HISTORY books about failed socialism and the bodies it leaves behind? Those libraries? https://t.co/X9vk6FaA1R

— ??????? ??????? (@brad_gohornsbkw) July 6, 2018

We aren't terrified of your politics, we just know what happens when they are implemented. We know the dangers of socialism because we read history books. https://t.co/0ACpo2hOCJ

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) July 5, 2018

Maybe if you'd spent more time in those places growing up, you'd know more about the consequences of socialism. https://t.co/ms3gVvj8Rh

— Currently between fraudulent suspensions (@jtLOL) July 5, 2018

Eh. Everyone knows libraries are important. They have books about how socialist & communist countries killed 100s of millions of people and how capitalist countries invented the Internet and put people on the moon. https://t.co/qNIF3YFGsh

— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) July 5, 2018

And yet, the one thing she cites as justified government spending has been obsolete since the invention/launch of Wikipedia in 2001 and the internet generally.

But being ONLY 17 years behind the times is actually pretty good for a socialist… https://t.co/MYGsPa1cea

— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) July 5, 2018

Socialism: 19th Century solutions for 21st Century problems. https://t.co/nbZb44cAYm

— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) July 5, 2018

Yeah, public libraries and “abolish profit” are totally the same thing. https://t.co/XOTpz82JlA

— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) July 6, 2018

If all you're about is public roads and libraries, hey, we've got those. Why do we need you? https://t.co/bnTSmHTpDz

— Area Man (@lheal) July 6, 2018