Ocasio-Cortez Gets Slammed For Politicizing Terror Attack, Mocking Prayer, Blaming NRA
This post was written by Ryan Saavedra @REALSAAVEDRA.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) received intense backlash late on Thursday and into the early morning hours on Friday after she rushed to politicize terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand that left 49 people dead and 20 injured.
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Authorities arrested four individuals - three men and one woman - in what was described by CNN as "a coordinated and unprecedented attack that has shocked the usually peaceful nation."
Ocasio-Cortez immediately rushed to politicize the attack, writing on Twitter: "At 1st I thought of saying, 'Imagine being told your house of faith isn't safe anymore.' But I couldn't say 'imagine.' Because of Charleston. Pittsburgh. Sutherland Springs. What good are your thoughts & prayers when they don't even keep the pews safe?"
At 1st I thought of saying, “Imagine being told your house of faith isn’t safe anymore.”
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 15, 2019
But I couldn’t say “imagine.”
Because of Charleston.
Pittsburgh.
Sutherland Springs.
What good are your thoughts & prayers when they don’t even keep the pews safe?pic.twitter.com/2mSw0azDN8
Here are some of the notable responses Ocasio-Cortez's tweet elicited online:
"Saying thoughts and prayers do nothing in the immediate aftermath of people murdered while **praying** in their house of worship is the single dumbest f***ing nuclear take I've ever seen on this website. Ever," Stephen Miller tweeted. "I don't care who it came from. She's an over exposed child. But *of course* it came from *that* person. Of course it did. Do yourselves a favor and mute her. Forever."
Saying thoughts and prayers do nothing in the immediate aftermath of people murdered while **praying** in their house of worship is the single dumbest fucking nuclear take I’ve ever seen on this website. Ever.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 15, 2019
"She reacts to a Mass Shooting in a Foreign Country with 'Yeah, but like, the NRA is totally bad right?'" Joey Salads tweeted. "She also uses this to attack people who pray for others. AOC is an opportunistic scumbag."
She reacts to a Mass Shooting in a Foreign Country with “Yeah, but like , the NRA is totally bad right?”
— Joey Salads (@JoeySalads) March 15, 2019
She also uses this to attack people who pray for others.
AOC is an opportunistic scumbag. https://t.co/C0wsYk6K8d
"This is incredibly insensitive to my Muslim brothers and sisters who were slain in cold blood while they were literally praying because they want to be closer to their creator and they want to become better people," Siraj Hashmi tweeted. "Dunking on prayer to stick it to those who are religious and are legitimately praying for the victims is a helluva galaxy brain take."
this is incredibly insensitive to my muslim brothers and sisters who were slain in cold blood while they were literally praying because they want to be closer to their creator and they want to become better people. https://t.co/uq9VzofTsN
— siraj hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) March 15, 2019
"Irony not lost on me that AOC proudly wore her ashes last week, but in the wake of a terrorist attack, mocks the validity and efficacy of prayer," Ellen L. Carmichael tweeted. "I can only speak for myself, but as a Catholic, I'd much prefer someone not receive an ash cross on her forehead one week only to mock faith the next. It's really gross."
Irony not lost on me that AOC proudly wore her ashes last week, but in the wake of a terrorist attack, mocks the validity and efficacy of prayer.
— Ellen L. Carmichael (@ellencarmichael) March 15, 2019
"Prayer is the reason for places of worship," Jon Gabriel tweeted.
