‘This is about targeting women of color’: Ocasio-Cortez

1 00:00:00,430 --> 00:00:02,330 from New York representative, acacio. 2 00:00:02,330 --> 00:00:05,030 Cortez gentlewoman is recognized for one 3 00:00:05,030 --> 00:00:06,530 minute, thank you. 4 00:00:06,530 --> 00:00:10,330 Now, as also as a fellow New Yorker, I 5 00:00:10,330 --> 00:00:12,030 think one of the things that we should 6 00:00:12,030 --> 00:00:13,730 talk about here is also one of the 7 00:00:13,730 --> 00:00:16,230 disgusting legacies after 9/11 has been 8 00:00:16,230 --> 00:00:18,830 the targeting and racism against Muslim 9 00:00:18,830 --> 00:00:20,530 Americans throughout the United States 10 00:00:20,530 --> 00:00:21,230 of America. 11 00:00:21,330 --> 00:00:23,030 And this is an extension of that Legacy 12 00:00:23,030 --> 00:00:24,030 consistency. 13 00:00:24,130 --> 00:00:25,930 There is nothing consistent with the 14 00:00:25,930 --> 00:00:27,830 Republican party's continued attack 15 00:00:27,830 --> 00:00:30,130 except for the racism and incitement of 16 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:32,330 violence against women of color in this 17 00:00:32,330 --> 00:00:33,030 body. 18 00:00:33,130 --> 00:00:35,130 I had a member of the Republican caucus 19 00:00:35,130 --> 00:00:37,330 threatened, my life and you all 20 00:00:37,630 --> 00:00:39,730 and the Republican caucus rewarded him 21 00:00:39,730 --> 00:00:41,430 with one of the most prestigious 22 00:00:41,430 --> 00:00:42,530 committee assignments. 23 00:00:42,530 --> 00:00:44,830 In this Congress, don't tell me this is 24 00:00:44,830 --> 00:00:47,630 about consistency, don't tell me that 25 00:00:47,630 --> 00:00:49,430 this is about an AB to get a 26 00:00:49,430 --> 00:00:51,830 condemnation of anti-semitic remarks 27 00:00:51,830 --> 00:00:53,530 when you have a member of the Republican 28 00:00:53,530 --> 00:00:55,230 caucus who have to have talked about 29 00:00:55,230 --> 00:00:58,130 Jewish base lasers and and an entire 30 00:00:58,130 --> 00:01:00,630 amount of trucks and also elevated her. 31 00:01:00,630 --> 00:01:01,830 So some of the highest committee 32 00:01:01,830 --> 00:01:03,630 assignments in this body, this is about 33 00:01:03,630 --> 00:01:06,530 targeting women of color in the United 34 00:01:06,530 --> 00:01:07,730 States of America. 35 00:01:07,830 --> 00:01:09,630 Don't tell me because I didn't get a 36 00:01:09,630 --> 00:01:11,430 single of time is expired. 37 00:01:11,430 --> 00:01:12,330 Like to threaten. 38 00:01:12,330 --> 00:01:13,030 Thank you.