AOC mocks border czar for suggesting she's 'impeding' the law: 'Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start'
AOC mocks border czar for suggesting she's 'impeding' the law: 'Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start'
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took on her X social media account to criticize Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's border czar, over his comments on a "Know Your Rights with ICE" webinar that she hosted on her Facebook page.
Summary
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, after he suggested her "Know Your Rights with ICE" webinar could be illegal.
The event informed immigrants about their rights during ICE raids. Homan claimed the webinar might impede immigration enforcement and said he was working with the DOJ to determine legal action.
AOC dismissed his remarks, stating, "Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start."
She continues to oppose Trump’s immigration policies, including efforts to revoke birthright citizenship.
AOC 2028
AOC for Speaker! Congress needs fixing too.
The Dems definitely need someone with a bite in that position. AOC would be a good choice, indeed.
Today, yeah, I'll push my rep to vote for her in 2026. Goodness knows he won't be...
1000%
i'm ready.
even have some (unofficial) campaign gear.
I don't like genocide supporters. Or kids in jail. Or union- strike busters Warmongers and regime chance advocats.
Ideally sooner, but I support this. Hells yeah AOC!
LOL
conservatism is a disease that untreated will often develop into fascism
I would say conservatism unchallenged vigorously transforms into fascism.
Same for liberals
sAmE wItH liBrUlS
How can the "free speech" party so consistently get it wrong when it comes to the First Amendment?
"the law only applies when and where and how we say it does"
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
source: https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
i don't necessarily agree with the entirety of the comment but it is an interesting one to read nonetheless. the last sentence is also very quotable:
The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.
Free speech is a code for hate speech. It really is that simple.
Yeah it's "I want people to stop acting like I'm a jerk when I say mean things", "but I also want them to not be able to say mean things about me, cuz that isn't fair to me". And yes, it should sound like a toddler having a temper tantrum. Including a complete misunderstanding of the entire concept of fairness.
Ahh...see...there's the rub...your answer is literally the first word of the first amendment.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
Congress ain't doing shit. Executive unitary theory means the Constitution is about as legally binding as a Dear Abby letter.
She needs to keep going. She needs to speak to them the same way they speak to everyone else. She needs to use every bit of her position to mother fuck these cowards at every turn. Call them out, and show their ignorance every single fucking time and in every single fucking forum.
She needs to demand her coworkers do the same. She needs to shame them when they don't or when they compromise. The time for pleasantries is long past.
If she does, others will follow, but it will be dangerous, so I understand if she just keeps doing what she is doing. It is at least miles more than most of them.
Bla bla bla, man shouts at clouds, but no one listens.
You're right. She's the only one or at most one of less than a handful of Democrats that are actually DOING something with their platform to resist the fascists, rather than just doing rousing speeches for the cameras, fundraising emails and fuckall else.
If the Dem leadership were more like her, even if they retained the same crappy Neoliberal policy positions, things would never have gotten anywhere near this bad in the first place.
It’s AOC with the steel chair!
My god, the pressure she is experiencing right now…
She and Bernie are carrying the entire weight of the opposition party and therefore the future of the country. I don't envy them.
I stand with them
Are they seriously using Czar as an official title?
What happened to the immigrants they were hauling off to Guantánamo Bay? Has there been an update on that?
I've always wonder why the US uses a title from Imperial Russia to refer to the heads of special activity like drug czar and border czar. No seriously, any ideas why?
It’s a term that indicates a leader, and its origins are thousands of years before imperial Russia.
It’s a derivative of the Latin “Caesar”, and many cultures have used the term (or its derivatives) to indicate a leader. Pre-Weimar Germany was led by the Kaiser, a German adaptation of the title.
This is relatively new, it started with Obama I believe. It was sort of a joke that went non-ironic at some point.
Well before that. I was going to say Reagan, but that’s wrong too
It's one of those projecting things the conservatives like to do. It's stupid, and needs to stop imo.
I always assumed it was derogatory because I only heard it used on Fox News* in reference to Democratic cabinet members.
*Not watching it voluntarily, my idiot parent has hearing loss and has the TV on full volume whenever I visit. The Fox logo is literally burned into the TV.
It started with bush and 911 ask him and Andy card
don't start a war of words with someone infinitely more intelligent than you are, mr homan.
His name sounds like he's a ferengi from star trek. "Listen here, female hoo-man". Kinda makes sense, they are like ferengi.
Likely can’t read the Constitution because they can’t read cursive.
MAGA, "what is this, Arabic? This is America! Write in English."
Maybe AOC should tell her illegal aliens in her district on how to legally enter the country rather than to hide from ICE
Get the fuck out of here. AOC has been the only politician that I truly believe is fighting for the american people.
Fighting for the illegal aliens, maybe.
Yeah! At the local monthly illegal alien meeting! Durrr.
Here's a question for you, if we have a 4th amendment, why do we have to deal with cops just knocking on doors asking for papers without a warrant? My time has no value? Can I bill them my hourly consultant rate?
Durrrr don't rape and kill when you're an illegal alien and maybe Tom Homan won't find you. DURRR
I hate the snidey childish way politicians talk.
yeah what a shitty theater it all is.
Yeah repubs love it though
So he was the cool guy as Obama's border czar, but the bad guy when keeping the same policies under Trump?
He wasn't in command of ICE under Obama. He was just commended for being a good employee under Obama. Trump made him a "border czar" (whatever the fuck that means). He apparently chaffed under the Obama administration's more lax policies when it came to border security and is much happier under Trump. Clearly to the detriment of everyone who isn't white.
maybe he got brain worms too
"on her X social media account" "hosted on her Facebook page."
This person is part of the establishment.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but for instance If all my local justice and climate groups moved to masto they would effectively cease to exist.
Would love it if people with the capability would post to both, though.
Every serious group already moved to mastodon and we are talking on lemmy. She has million of followers already and isn't even trying, she's part of the establishment.
Social media contributes to the polarization of public discourse and should absolutely be boycotted. However, this polarization manifests in various ways, and your comment is a good example of this. When everything becomes a purity test, we fall into extremism. To counter the rise of fascism, you must be willing to unite with those who do not share your opinions.
you must be willing to unite with those who do not share your opinions.
To counter the rise of fascism you don't use the private social media of a guy who does the nazi salute in public.
Not defending her, but she is also on Bluesky
It was on BlueSky.