Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi dismissed progressive congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) as just “four people” this week after the Democratic party split over a $4.6 billion border bill passed by the Republican-led Congress. Pelosi told the New York Times, in an interview published Saturday, that despite their large amount of social media fans, the four freshman lawmakers still only get one vote each. “All these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world,” Pelosi said, referring to the four freshman lawmakers. “But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people and that’s how many votes they got.” Pelosi’s comments come after the four, collectively referred by some as “the squad,” voted against the House’s version of the spending package, which passed on a 230-195 vote, to tackle issues at the southern U.S.-Mexico border. Later, the House moved to approved a Senate-passed border funding bill. Ocasio-Cortez spoke out against Pelosi last week for deciding that the House should approve the legislation without first trying to make changes. “Under no circumstances should the House vote for a McConnell-only bill w/ no negotiation with Democrats. Hell no,” the 29-year-old congresswoman… Read full this story
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