A House Republican told AOC not to talk to cameras. She fired back. [View all]
As the House Energy and Commerce panel entered the early morning hours Wednesday of its marathon megabill markup, Texas GOP Rep. Randy Weber told Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to address members of the committee — not the camera.
Around 3 a.m., the prominent New York Democrat attempted to address a question to committee Republicans about what the consequences might be for patients having miscarriages under the GOP’s proposed work requirements to qualify for Medicaid. The broader legislation would exempt pregnant patients and those undergoing postpartum care from having to work as a condition of getting Medicaid services, but does not explicitly mention whether people experiencing a loss of pregnancy would need to be actively employed during that time, too........
Ocasio-Cortez then joined in.
“There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen there. Hello, hello,” Ocasio-Cortez said, waving to the camera. “I’m talking to you because I work for you. They deserve to see what is happening here because there are plenty of districts, including Republican ones, where 25 percent of your constituents are on Medicaid, 40 percent of your constituents are on Medicaid.”
Weber asked Ocasio-Cortez to yield her time.
“I will not yield because it was a terribly disrespectful comment, and I will not yield to disrespectful men,” she said.
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