As Twitchy readers know, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez really stuck her socialist foot in her mouth by comparing Ben Shapiro’s offer to a debate (with a sizable donation) to a catcall. Seriously, her handlers need to get their poop in a group.
And while many people are justifiably giving Ocasio-Cortez a hard time for playing the ‘I’m just a girl’ card, some on the Left are jumping out in front of the Democratic Socialist sweetheart to deflect the fire …
Like Jeet Heer.
AOC is really good at responding to bad faith right-wing rhetoric. It's something I hope other Dems can learn from. https://t.co/ASV95JT1GB
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 10, 2018
Huh? It’s bad-faith rhetoric to ask for a debate?
Fascinating.
In a free society, no one is under any obligation to debate Ben Shapiro.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 10, 2018
No one is saying she has to debate anyone, Jeet.
Calm yourself.
In a free society, she can respond in any way she likes. You don't get to tell a free woman how to respond to a publicity stunt.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 10, 2018
Publicity stunt.
If we rolled our eyes any further back in our heads we would definitely do some permanent damage.
Considering she is running for public office I don’t think asking for a debate is in some way excessive. The 10k for charity was a generous offer to boot.
— PhilThatRemains (@philthatremains) August 10, 2018
Yup.
Considering she's running for pubic office, she has better things to do than take part in a publicity stunt with a rando.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 10, 2018
Eek. SO MUCH EEK. SERIOUS TYPO.
Make sure you don’t drop the letter ‘L’ from the word, ‘public’. Talk about a tweet that’s worse than a catcall.
Jeet. Dude.
And Ben Shapiro is hardly a ‘rando’.
Haha, I’m a rando. I’m just some dude who yells in a metal band. Shapiro is a thought leader on the right. Rando isn’t an accurate description. Furthermore, I imagine if she thought she could make a convincing case, she would.
— PhilThatRemains (@philthatremains) August 10, 2018
Bingo.
Shapiro has a rabid fan base but he's a rando in the broader culture. A politician usually debates other politicians. No reason to debate some guy just because he has cash.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 10, 2018
RABID FAN BASE! RAR RAR! ARGLE BARGLE!
These people.
Oh, look, Ian Millhiser has Jeet’s back …
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1027876216253108224
Bad faith extremists?
Ouch, there go the eyes again … rolling rolling rolling.
The fact that you’re serious is really funny.
— Scotty Potty (@HTX_Con) August 10, 2018
After we got done rolling our eyes we did actually laugh, so fair point.
She's afraid to debate because her idea's suck.
Fin
— Judson McCulloch (@JudsonMcCulloch) August 10, 2018
What he said.
"Bad faith" is replacing "that's racist" as the default excuse libs use against any challenge or criticism they can't handle.
— Ben Crystal (@Bennettruth) August 10, 2018
How convenient. Become a victim and hide behind her gender.
— OH-BEHI (@OH_BEHI) August 10, 2018
For being the supposed party of empowering women they sure are quick to protect their pet socialist for playing the girl card.
Wow, horrible take.
— Max Peters (@TikiMaximus) August 10, 2018
Ahh….no. Comparing a challenge to a debate, regardless of how ridiculous the challenge might be, to sexual harassment & catcalling is the epitome of tone deaf. You’d think a “progressive woman” would understand the #timesup & #meetoo movements better than this
— JAM (@Eviljohna) August 10, 2018
So rabid.
And yet, so right.
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