AOC Responds To McConnell’s Claim Of ‘Modern-Day McCarthyism’

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decided to respond to Mitch McConnell’s claim of modern-day McCarthysim.

McCarthyism is the practice of baselessly accusing political opponents of being communists as unjust grounds for targeting & harassment. You are blocking action to protect US elections despite official DoJ pleas. That doesn’t make you a communist. It just makes you a bad leader. – AOC tweeted.

Mitch McConnell said on the senate floor:

“I was called unpatriotic, un-American and essentially treasonous by a couple of left-wing pundits on the basis of bold-faced lies. I was accused of aiding and abetting the very man I’ve singled out as an adversary and opposed for nearly 20 years, Vladimir Putin,”

McConnell, who argued that Democrats were trying to give themselves a “political benefit” with the bills,  quickly faced widespread backlash for his objections, prompting him to say his critics — specifically pointing out The Washington Post and MSNBC — were using “unhinged smears.”

“Modern-day McCarthyism is poison for American democracy,” McConnell tweeted Monday. “It is shameful to imply that policy disagreements make the other side unpatriotic. The people who push such unhinged smears are doing Putin’s destabilizing work for him.” McConnell tweeted.

What do you think about Ocasio-Cortez and her latest statement on McConnell?

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