As we told you last night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s town hall with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes before an adoring audience in the Bronx contained many “WTF” moments. One of those moments was when AOC said this:
AOC: After 9/11, we went to war "against one and then two countries." 3,000 people died in Hurricane Maria — "where is our response"? pic.twitter.com/gLJZxomoeK
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 30, 2019
That was one of Ocasio-Cortez’s comments that drew a lot of head scratching, not to mention snark and rolling eyes:
Is she asking us to attacking the environment? https://t.co/rkIDATV2mM
— Jack Kemp (@9thHUDSec) March 30, 2019
Let's kick weathers' ass!
— Don Strutz (@nightwing003) March 30, 2019
The only solution is to invade these hurricanes and teach them the benefits of Jeffersonian democracy https://t.co/obqJUSjVWA
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) March 30, 2019
Absolute 100% hell yes. It is long overdue time we invaded the weather. https://t.co/xOjtkBgDwr
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 30, 2019
If President Trump unilaterally declared war against the weather, would AOC sound the constitutional alarm?
And how many died at Pearl Harbor?? 2400?? And we dropped an A-bomb them? What are we doing? Mother Nature must go down!!
— Jaihawkk (@Jaihawkk) March 30, 2019
Shes right! Its time we start carpet bombing tropical storms before they become hurricanes!
— Jonathan Thiebaud (@Jtbaud249) March 30, 2019
You aren’t serious about tackling climate change unless you want to invade India and China https://t.co/z9LoqMjqph
— Jacob Ginn (@jginn1704) March 30, 2019
I’m sorry. I thought we weren’t suppose to fire bullets st hurricanes.
— ScHolb (@scholbAAL) March 30, 2019
Can send cruise missiles to destroy racist hurricanes? https://t.co/2nyydReWn0
— DW Berkley (@DWBerkley) March 30, 2019
This is what Dems just elected to Congress.
Trumps getting re-elected, isn’t he? https://t.co/FIGGrw2ChB
— Michael Pierce (@MichaelMPierce) March 30, 2019
After a roaring response from the crowd, the United States government has decided to declared war on hurricanes…. https://t.co/FfW9Fna9uQ
— Daniel Ganaway (@D_Ganaway) March 30, 2019
I’m not sure if invading the hurricanes is the right course of action at this point.
— Greggers ? (@Greggers__) March 30, 2019
Response to 9/11 – “whether we agree with it or not”
— Doug (@Doug24Seven) March 30, 2019
Comparing a terrorist attack to a natural weather progression. https://t.co/fErrkrEKAF
— Tyler Huffer (@Huffer_24) March 30, 2019
Nuke the weather! https://t.co/NCdVvtSBRf
— Will (@WPLOWRY) March 30, 2019
Holy sh*t she’s using 9/11 deaths to sell her garbage. https://t.co/d59cBspFBV
— ARohd (@roachman61) March 30, 2019
Wait til she finds out how many people die in auto accidents per year.
— John Rambo (@JohnJ2427) March 30, 2019
The science is settled!
Makes sense to me…. pic.twitter.com/Yfh4eY0bdX
— Frankie 2 times (@frankmontone) March 30, 2019
Insert Woody Woodpecker laugh here.
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