When Ocasio-Cortez got her turn up next, she countered McCarthy’s claim that the censure was “unprecedented” by saying “what I believe is unprecedented is for a member of House leadership — of either party — to be unable to condemn incitement of violence against a member of this body.”
It is a sad day in which a member who leads a political party in the United States of America cannot bring themselves to say that issuing a depiction of murdering a member of Congress is wrong, and instead decides to venture off into a tangent about gas prices and inflation. What is so hard? What is so hard about saying that this is wrong?
The congresswoman went on by blasting the idea that Gosar’s glorification of violence against her could be excused because it’s a “joke” or lacks any real connotations. She argued that the notion carries a “certain contempt” for the significance of actions from elected leaders.
“As leaders in this country, when we incite violence with depictions against our colleagues, that trickles down into violence in this country. And that is where we must draw the line independence of party identity or belief,” she said. “Does anyone in this chamber find this behavior acceptable? Would you allow depictions of violence against women, against colleagues? Would you allow that in your home? Do you think this should happen on a school board? In a city council? In a church? If it’s not acceptable there, why should it be accepted here?”