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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman elected to Congress, responded to House Republicans when she voted to make Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House.
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Ocasio-Cortez, 29, was elected to represent New York's 14th Congressional District in the November election, defeating 10-term Democrat Joe Crowley and Republican Anthony Pappas in the November primary last June.
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When he came up for a vote and expressed support for Pelosi to become speaker, some GOP members bowed and groaned, which was not the case for his other Democratic colleagues.
"Over 200 members voted for Nancy Pelosi today, but the GOP only voted for one: me," Ocasio-Cortez later wrote. "Don't hate me for not being me, friends."
Over 200 members voted for Nancy Pelosi today, but the GOP abused only one: me. Don't hate me because you're not me friends 💁🏽♀ https://t.co/kLor9A0TVa — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 4, 2019
The young congresswoman spoke out against the sexism and racism she faced in her early days on the Hill before she was sworn in. He said Democratic officials mistakenly drove him to a spousal event instead of a key reception for newly elected representatives. for the wife of the incoming congressman.
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Her popularity, prominence and left-leaning policy platform, which includes Medicare for all, tuition-free college and the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have made Ocasio-Cortez a lightning rod for right-wing critics such as Fox. News and the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.
She posted a small photo on Twitter of herself being chased down the halls of Congress and commented on her outfit.
"Hill staffer sent me this photo of Ocasio-Cortez," reporter Eddie Scarry tweeted. “I'll tell you something: that jacket and coat don't look like a fighting girl.
Ocasio-Cortez spoke about her working-class upbringing in the Bronx and said she couldn't afford to rent an apartment in Washington until she got a salary in Congress.
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"If I walked into Congress in a tank top they would laugh and take pictures of my back," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in response to Scarry's tweet.
"If I walk in with my best clothes on sale, they laugh and take pictures of my back."
Ocasio-Cortez called it a "double standard" compared to former House Speaker Paul Ryan, who entered Congress at a young age.
"Their double self is that Paul Ryan gets elected at 28 and immediately embraces the benefits of his evil policies as a genius, and I win election at 28, only to be immediately treated with suspicion and scrutinized, down to my clothes, as a fraud Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, waits for the start of the 116th Congress on Jan. 3 on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. On Twitter, he lashed out at Republicans who voted for Nancy Pelosi. Home speaker. BRENDAN SMILOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images
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