Sen. Ted Cruz called out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her grandstanding on the topic of science after she slammed President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus threat.
The Texas Republican challenged the freshman Democrat from New York in a tweet responding to her attack on Trump for naming Vice President Mike Pence to lead the federal government’s coronavirus response.
“Mike Pence literally does not believe in science,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Wednesday following Trump’s press conference on the virus outbreak and the administration’s plans to combat the threat.
“It is utterly irresponsible to put him in charge of US coronavirus response as the world sits on the cusp of a pandemic,” she continued. “This decision could cost people their lives. Pence’s past decisions already have.”
Mike Pence literally does not believe in science.
It is utterly irresponsible to put him in charge of US coronavirus response as the world sits on the cusp of a pandemic.
This decision could cost people their lives. Pence’s past decisions already have. https://t.co/NhMPOusOWm
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 27, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez’s criticism echoed that of Democrats and other Trump critics who have gone into overdrive in their attempts to politicize coronavirus in the relentless quest to hurt the president. But Cruz did not let the congresswoman’s jab go unchallenged in a tweet asking if she was the “oracle of science.”
“As you are speaking as the oracle of science, tell us, what exactly is a Y chromosome?” he asked.
As you are speaking as the oracle of science, tell us, what exactly is a Y chromosome? https://t.co/t4XVVzWr3A
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 27, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez fired back, but her insulting shot at Cruz and her cringe-worthy defense of her credentials only made things worse.
Sen. Cruz, while I understand you judge people’s intelligence by the lowest income they’ve had, I hold awards from MIT Lincoln Lab &others for accomplishments in microbiology.
Secondly, I’m surprised you’re asking about chromosomes given that you don’t even believe in evolution. https://t.co/vOIwJhpl7q
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 28, 2020
Not only did the 30-year-old progressive darling tout her “awards from MIT Lincoln Lab & others for accomplishments in microbiology,” she went on to add another tweet pointing to her winning a prize in the “largest pre-college scientific research event in the world.”
Sincerely,
an Intel global finalist,
a fmr multi-year intern for Sen. Kennedy,
a cum laude dual major in Economics & International Relations,
a fmr Educational Director for national organization,
Who to you is “just a bartender,”
And also your colleague.https://t.co/9ktAgXFXDE— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 28, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez effectively laid out her resume in her jab at the 49-year-old Texas senator, who got his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and graduated from Harvard Law School before serving as Texas’ solicitor general and Associate Deputy Attorney General in the Justice Department.
Cruz fired back, mocking the “evolution” of the Democratic Party while pointing out that Ocasio-Cortez ignored three scientific questions he had asked so that she could share her “resume & ad hominem attacks.”
We see evolution every day: the Dem party is rapidly evolving into an angry, anti-science socialist ideology. You insulted Pence & I asked you 3 real Qs re science. You ignored all 3 & responded w/ your resume & ad hominem attacks. Instead of insults, address the substance. https://t.co/QhyqRJOrii
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 28, 2020
He followed up by re-asking the questions again.
2/x To reprise, science Q1 was “tell us, what exactly is a Y chromosome?”
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 28, 2020
4/x And Science Q3 was “of the 195 countries on planet Earth, which country produced the greatest total reduction in CO2 emissions in 2019?”
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 28, 2020
“I await your engagement on the actual substance, as a colleague as you noted, hopefully without the insults,” he concluded.
5/x I await you’re engagement on the actual substance, as a colleague as you noted, hopefully without the insults.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 28, 2020
While there has not yet been a response – or any answers to the questions – from Ocasio-Cortez, Cruz did offer his belated congratulations on her achievement.
Btw, congrats on the science fair. https://t.co/F1hDE4fKkG
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 28, 2020
Twitter users have mocked the congresswoman’s self-promotion.
She makes it sound like she cured cancer. She came in second in a high school science fair. At age 30, she should probably update her resume. https://t.co/KERyKdT2tR
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 28, 2020
(I’m dead serious, this is what she means when she says she was honored by MIT & Lincoln Lab for achievements in “microbiology.” She won a science fair. This is some truly legendary resume-puffing.)
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) February 28, 2020
That microbiology award from MIT that AOC is bragging about was second place at a high school science fair ????? pic.twitter.com/hhivMZqee1
— Cabot Phillips (@cabot_phillips) February 28, 2020
Runner-up in the high school science fair. Nice, but: pic.twitter.com/adOMGjJg6o
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) February 28, 2020
Haha, AOC is no match for Ted Cruz! ?
— Smussie Gillette (@SmussieGillette) February 28, 2020
Grow up. pic.twitter.com/O10pG9rwqT
— Rep. Steven Smith ?? (@RepStevenSmith) February 28, 2020
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