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New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, known for falsely accusing former President Donald Trump of housing illegal aliens in “concentration camps,” is now aiming similar criticism at the Biden administration, albeit with far less incendiary language.
In tweets posted Tuesday evening, the Democrat congresswoman and “squad” leader said the administration’s detention of illegal alien children “is not okay,” though she stopped short of screeching about “concentration camps.”
The criticism came after The Washington Post published a veritable puff piece Monday about a Trump era “camp” for illegal alien children that’s been reopened by the Biden administration because of the flood of illegal aliens pouring across the border.
View the congresswoman’s tweets below:
This is not okay, never has been okay, never will be okay – no matter the administration or party. https://t.co/AEV7s7QQnB
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 23, 2021
Our immigration system is built on a carceral framework. It’s no accident that challenging how we approach both these issues are considered “controversial” stances.
They require reimagining our relationship to each other and challenging common assumptions we take for granted.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 23, 2021
It’s only 2 mos into this admin & our fraught, unjust immigration system will not transform in that time.
That’s why bold reimagination is so impt.
DHS shouldn’t exist, agencies should be reorganized, ICE gotta go, ban for-profit detention, create climate refugee status & more.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 23, 2021
“The emergency facility — a vestige of the Trump administration that was open for only a month in summer 2019 — is being reactivated to hold up to 700 children ages 13 to 17. … [T]he number of unaccompanied children crossing the border has been inching up, with January reporting the highest total — more than 5,700 apprehensions — for that month in recent years,” the Post reported.
The Post spent the remainder of the piece describing the camp, which is comprised of a bunch of large trailers, with some of the most complimentary words seen in years.
“The most colorful trailer is at the entryway, where flowers, butterflies and handmade posters still hang on its walls from Carrizo’s first opening in 2019,” one sentence reads.
Take a look at one of the fun, little trailers below:
First migrant facility for children opens under Biden https://t.co/ADgQxIlMYU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 23, 2021
Do those trailers look fun and cozy to you?
Now contrast how the Post portrayed the same facility during the Trump administration:
Washington Post headlines
2021: “migrant facility for children opens under Biden”
2019: “cages” under Trump pic.twitter.com/wDAilBmEij— Alice (@themodalice) February 23, 2021
This attempt by the media, to portray in positive terms a facility that they’d had previously disparaged, clearly didn’t pass Ocasio-Cortez’s smell test. But does she actually deserve credit for calling out the Biden administration?
A slew of critics say the answer is no, with one describing the congresswoman’s complaints as just “a slap on the wrist” compared to what she’d said about the Trump administration.
Look:
Little bit more subdued response than flying to the border to scream through a chainlink fence. https://t.co/eYmTNFKuF3
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 23, 2021
Can we expect more photo ops like this in response to Biden caging kids? pic.twitter.com/l79DsTtaWp
— John Gage (@johnrobertgage) February 23, 2021
Go there, cry and take some pics
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) February 24, 2021
Not okay is a far cry from her “concentration camp” claims.
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) February 24, 2021
Why don’t you call them “concentration camps” anymore, Alexandria?
— RAM (Richard Armande Mills) (@RAMRANTS) February 24, 2021
That’s a nice slap on the wrist for good ol’ Joe
— Jackson (@Flipperpipe) February 24, 2021
The criticism is based on the hyperbolic way that the congresswoman had reacted to the media’s reports about the Trump administration’s facilities years earlier.
Here’s a reminder of what that looked like:
This video was from 1 year ago this week – before my primary & the Fox News cycle.
I flew to the concentration camp where the Trump admin was keeping children they stole from their parents.
Back then, I was voicing my conscience. I still am. #AbolishICEpic.twitter.com/QLyc9MiMsV
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 18, 2019
These are concentration camps.
According to concentration camp experts, people begin to die due to overcrowding, neglect, and shortage of resources.
We saw all three of those signs on our trip yesterday. Another person died yesterday.
And those are the deaths we know about. https://t.co/MhujNAYohJ
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 2, 2019
Ah yes, because history knows that people who run concentration camp systems almost always acknowledge to the public what they’re doing. https://t.co/HOX7HGNIrm
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 18, 2019
Also at issue is her desire for the Department of Homeland Security to be eliminated. Like other Democrats, she’s been screeching nonstop about an alleged epidemic of domestic terrorism, yet here she is calling for the elimination of the agency responsible for protecting Americans from the threat of terrorism.
It’s almost as if she isn’t sincere in her concerns about alleged domestic terrorism and has been spouting incendiary rhetoric for political purposes alone.
AOC claims that Ted Cruz tried to have her murdered, which is a lie, and that Republicans are basically all terrorists
To show just how serious she takes those comments, today she called for destroying the Department of Homeland Security, which was created to stop terror attacks pic.twitter.com/mAalBE6laa
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) February 24, 2021
Fellow “squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar is also facing criticism over her relatively soft complaints about the Biden administration.
Look:
Multiple administrations have made the callous choice to lock up thousands of children seeking refuge in the United States of America.
As long as we see people seeking a better life as “aliens” instead of fellow human beings, our immigration system will continue to fail us. https://t.co/xE1lmgSnJj
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 24, 2021
But they were concentration camps just a couple months ago. Is that not the case anymore?
— A.J. (@A_JCLINE) February 24, 2021
Wait? You’ve referred to them in the past as concentration camps, cages, and fell all over yourself during the last administration. Where is you public outrage against Biden?#hypocrite
— Rogue72101 (@rogue72101) February 24, 2021
Lol. Concentration camps a few monthd ago. Now it’s just a “callous choice”. What changed?
— Netflix and Quill🧩 (@netflixandquill) February 24, 2021
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