Donald Trump Jr. offered some stark perspective when Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared to have a light bulb moment regarding the media.
The son of President Donald Trump reacted to the Democratic socialist whining on Twitter about false media coverage – otherwise known as “fake news” – on Wednesday.
“One disappointment about DC is the gossip that masquerades as ‘reporting.’ This story has: Not a SINGLE named or verifiable source, Only ONE on-the-record comment, which is a denial,” the incoming New York congresswoman tweeted, criticizing a Politico report claiming she was planning to recruit someone to challenge fellow New York Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in 2020.
One disappointment about DC is the gossip that masquerades as “reporting.”
This story has:
– Not a SINGLE named or verifiable source
– Only ONE on-the-record comment, which is a denial.My dad had a name for junk articles like this:
“Birdcage lining.”
https://t.co/kIBMM2eiWb— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 18, 2018
“My dad had a name for junk articles like this: ‘Birdcage lining,’” she wrote.
She also noted that this wasn’t the first time the publication wrote about her with “no named sources.”
For the record, this is the second @politico article about me in a short period of time with *0* named sources to back claims containing false information.
Their articles are printed + distributed to **Congressional offices** – w/ no named sources.
It’s really unfortunate.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 18, 2018
Politico fired back, declaring they would “stand by our reporting.”
Statement from Politico
“Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez does not specify in her tweet what she believes is incorrect with the piece, nor has she or anyone from her staff reached out to our team for a correction. We stand by our reporting.”https://t.co/84BJT2kdif https://t.co/tC82Pu1WPn
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) December 19, 2018
No stranger to mainstream media shenanigans, Trump Jr. responded to Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks by asking her to imagine how bad the bias would be if the media ‘actually hates you.’
Welcome to our world… You think that’s bad? Imagine what it’s like when they actually hate you. https://t.co/YQ99UU5pHB
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) December 19, 2018
Ocasio-Cortez may find it hard to disagree with Trump Jr., though the two have locked horns before, most recently with the freshman lawmaker threatening to use the “subpoena power” of Congress against him because he made fun of her.
She probably won’t be willing to admit, however, that much of her criticism of the press seems to echo that of the president.
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— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) December 19, 2018
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) December 19, 2018
The similarities sparked commentary on Twitter where some called out the hypocrisy of celebrating Ocasio-Cortez’s condemnation of the media while bashing Trump for the same thing. Others wondered if the youngest woman ever elected to Congress may just be the “Trump of the left.”
She’s spent two days attacking the free press and you wouldn’t know it from a single CNN hall monitor’s newsletter or twitter feed. https://t.co/74nSOw3kga
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 19, 2018
Because “Birdcage lining” is so much more “folksy” than “ fake news”…
— Clarence Penn (@ClarencePenn_) December 19, 2018
If you think AOC bashing the press is okay, but Trump doing so is wrong, might want to reconsider your stance folks.
— That Guy ? (@ColeDaubney) December 19, 2018
They do both seem to get heat simply for not “playing the game”
— Adam (@atombyrne) December 19, 2018
So she’s really a secret double agent Trump supporter.
She is doing an excellent job of hiding intelligence till after she takes office— WT Fmerica (@WFmerica) December 19, 2018
Fascinating, she could very well turn out to be the trump of the left, smashing norms. Maybe
— American SpaceFish (@jozasch83) December 19, 2018
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