As Twitchy told you earlier, the always-delightful Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez basically accused GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw of lending his guns to his domestic abuser and violent criminal buddies:
You are a member of Congress. Why are you “lending” guns to people unsupervised who can’t pass a basic background check?
The people you’re giving a gun to have likely abused their spouse or have a violent criminal record, & you may not know it.
Why on earth would you do that? https://t.co/TQFjcLQebO
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 4, 2019
Needless to say, Crenshaw didn’t take kindly to AOC’s insinuations about his friends or her brazen attempt to impugn his character:
Just so I’m clear: you think my friends are domestic abusers/criminals? Seriously that’s your argument? That they can’t pass a background check?
Wrong. People lend guns to friends, esp if they don’t own a gun, for self-defense and hunting purposes.
This is America outside NYC. https://t.co/wkWPhfi0JB
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) September 4, 2019
AOC isn’t aware of America outside NYC. Hell, she’s not aware of America outside her fancy luxury apartment.
Unfortunately for her, that’s not stopping her from spouting off anyway:
You said w/ universal background checks, you wouldn’t be able to “lend” guns to friends.
If a background check would be a problem, then you shouldn’t “lend” a gun.
And btw, NY is one of the safest states in the country when it comes to guns, incl rural areas.
Try to keep up. https://t.co/4RV4DNg7FM
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 4, 2019
The irony of AOC telling someone else to “try and keep up” is certainly not lost on us. She’s punching way above her intellectual weight.
AOC is lying, again
1. Crenshaw's point was he would have to run a UBC on a friend who is not prohibited from owning a firearm. Background checks cost $$$ and take time.
2. Crenshaw did *not* say NY, he said NYC which is seeing a surge in violent crime and anti-Semitic attacks pic.twitter.com/IVt6XPyJfb
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) September 4, 2019
That’s hilarious, New York City which is one of the most strict cities on gun ownership has some of the highest gun crime in the nation. Keep lying AOC, it amuses the rest of us and your pure comedy gold
— ABN Smith (@abnsmith) September 4, 2019
I’ve only ever lived in sapphire blue NJ, but when you have to put down a varmint that’s eating neighborhood pets, you borrow your neighbor’s .22 to do it. This isn’t even “Real America” bravado. It’s just life. https://t.co/Guqh4LGGuJ
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) September 4, 2019
She lives in a bubble.
By this rationale… You wouldn't be able to take your kids hunting even. https://t.co/FhpVDwxhbp
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) September 4, 2019
How a tyrant thinks:
1) Tyrant proposes oppressive law
2) People object to oppressive law, because it's, well, oppressive.
3) Tyrant declares only people already guilty would object to oppressive law.Are you gunning for AG in a Kamala Harris administration? https://t.co/bq4Fig2Fz7
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) September 4, 2019
Are you seriously saying you want every American to have access to background check system just in case they want to lend a gun to their sibling and not be held liable should something bad happen? Wow is that a civil liberties disaster waiting to happen. https://t.co/3r8CD7ofeI
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) September 4, 2019
AOC herself is a civil liberties disaster.
This is going to be one of those things where you made a fool of yourself (again) and will keep doubling down and look even more foolish, isn’t it?
— ?????????? (@sirRoddick) September 4, 2019
Oh, most definitely.
Sit down.
— Mr. Nuclear Cocaine (@MrNukemCocaine) September 4, 2019
You wont win this one.
— Meggs Myers (@HopealwaysRene) September 4, 2019
But you can bet she’s gonna go down swinging:
Herein lies an important point abt domestic abuse: most of it is hidden. You could know an abuser & have no clue.
I’ve had friends come out to me as victims. It’s not obvious. Unsafe relationships are COMMON.
That’s why House Dems passed closing the boyfriend loophole in VAWA.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 4, 2019
So, AOC … how many of your friends are domestic abusers? Inquiring minds wanna know.
AOC is a domestic abuser https://t.co/mmKNokV5A8
— Bob Malak (@bob_malak) September 4, 2019
She’s certainly a piece of garbage.
American Zero AOC keeps digging a bigger hole while getting owned by American Hero Dan Crenshaw. https://t.co/uZlfRJGOs9
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) September 4, 2019
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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Update:
She’s still going, you guys:
This idea of “I know the guy, there’s no way he beats his wife” as the way we keep guns out of the hands of abusers is ridiculous.
Any person who has been abused, assaulted, etc knows that abusers often present as “upstanding.”
There’s no way you’d know. That’s why it’s common. https://t.co/uuq17HT3Of
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 4, 2019
Good Lord.
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) September 4, 2019
what on earth is she doing pic.twitter.com/RFuJpuAOqJ
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) September 4, 2019
"innocent until proven guilty unless you own a gun in which case you're an abuser because i say so" https://t.co/VSNq7DsovV
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) September 4, 2019
I mean, seriously… if you were a friend of @AOC… https://t.co/vKXtceKK3i
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 4, 2019
So we don't know if you beat your boyfriend, that is what you are saying?
Dude, if you can read this, blink in Morse Code or something. Let us know you're OK.
See how insulting this is? That's what you are doing to Dan Crenshaw. https://t.co/8JRLKEfPDi
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) September 4, 2019
Apparently she doesn’t realize that’s what she’s doing. Because she’s still going:
Rapists can have Ivy League degrees. Abusers can look like “good dads” or have high incomes or “great jobs.”
Good appearances are often a cover for abusers. In fact, many abusers RELY on their public reputation to intimidate partners from leaving (ex: “no one will believe you.”)
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 4, 2019
Well, obviously there’s only one conclusion we can draw from that:
https://twitter.com/bob_malak/status/1169299771833499648
Clearly.
Domestic abusers can be master manipulators. Plus, domestic abuse is a HUGE indicator for gun violence.
That’s why “vouching for friend” isn’t a substitute for a background check.
You wouldn’t lend a car to someone w/o a license.Why lend a gun to someone w/o a background check?
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 4, 2019
She’s basically describing herself right now. It’s time for her to just get it over with and confess already. At the very least, she’s guilty of being criminally stupid.
I am struggling to understand how a standard background check is going to do anything about the issues below. https://t.co/otzlHbIPf8
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 4, 2019
If they are such master manipulators it could be assumed they could manipulate a background check, no? https://t.co/653HSG6ybm
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) September 4, 2019
How, exactly, would a BGC identify an abuser but his/her friends not know he/she had been arrested/convicted of domestic abuse? Did you even think this through? https://t.co/vtjMvQIKSA
— Heather (@hboulware) September 4, 2019
So she basically conjured a weird straw man and is now just obsessively tweeting about it. This is the social media version of talking to yourself out loud in public. Is she ok?
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) September 4, 2019
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