Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling out “scare tactics” employed by the media.
The 35-year-old U.S. representative for New York spoke out following Zohran Mamdani‘s defeat of Andrew Cuomo in the New York Democratic Primary for Mayor.
In a side-by-side of two covers of the New York Post, AOC blasted the damning headlines featured on both.
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“RED ALERT,” the New York Post headline reads, featuring AOC after her own first election win. “Young socialist upsets King of Queens, shocking Dem establishment.”
“NYC SOS,” the newest NYP headline reads featuring Zohran, adding, “Who will save city after radical socialist batters Cuomo in Dem mayoral primary?”
“Billionaires use the same scare tactics every time to divide working people. It’s all to create hysteria and keep us from achieving the affordable, dignified life we deserve,” she wrote on Wednesday (June 25).
“We won’t fall for it anymore. Here’s to working towards a safe, welcoming, affordable, future for all.”
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Source: justjared.com