Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Still Plans to Visit Kentucky, Despite Being Disinvited by a Republican

[Celerity]

https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a27214210/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-still-plans-to-visit-kentucky-andy-barr-disinvited/

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is used to Republicans who aren't exactly in her corner; she's used Twitter and Instagram to stand up for herself on more than one occasion. Now she and her team are dealing with yet another controversy after Kentucky Republican Rep. Andy Barr rescinded his invitation for Ocasio-Cortez to visit a coal mine in the state. CNN reports that the freshman Congresswoman is still planning to visit, according to her spokesperson Corbin Trent.

"Luckily, we still have open borders with Kentucky; we are free to travel there," Trent said. "We hope to visit and have a town hall, listen to concerns of workers in Kentucky." During a hearing last month, Barr invited Ocasio-Cortez to come to Kentucky to see how her proposed Green New Deal would affect the coal miners in the state.

"I want to invite the gentlelady to come to eastern Kentucky where thousands of coal miners no longer have paychecks," he said. "I invite her to go underground with me and meet the men and women who do heroic work to power the American economy."

AOC accepted the offer. "I'd be happy to," she said adding that she'd “also like to note that in the Green New Deal, one of the things I advocate for is fully funding the pensions of coal miners in West Virginia and throughout Appalachia because we want a just transition to make sure that we’re investing in jobs across those swaths of the country.”

Since then, Barr sent a letter to Ocasio-Cortez telling her that he was disappointed in her treatment of Texas representative Dan Crenshaw on Twitter. He said she would have to apologize to Crenshaw before being invited to come to Kentucky.

Link to tweet

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[msongs]

1. good for her nt

[JI7]

2. hopefully with security

[pangaia]

3. LOLOL

She doesn't miss a thing, that girl...

[artislife]

4. I posted this earlier but it dropped

so I am happy to see you post it and for it to get eyeballs!

I love her.

It is a free country and we can move around it.

[GoCubsGo]

5. The replies to Barr's tweet are very interesting.

He's not getting a lot of support here, including from many of his republican constituents. And, Crenshaw is not getting much of a pass, either.

[Celerity]

7. Barr is a fuckstick, he barely won against a great candidate, Amy McGrath, who may run v the turtle

in 2020.

Schumer recruits famed fighter pilot to challenge McConnell in 2020
The GOP leader is deep into preparations to take on Democrat Amy McGrath.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/12/schumer-amy-mcgrath-1167184

[Kurt V.]

6. haha :)