Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., became the target of a viral roast campaign following an impassioned rant on the House floor on Tuesday, during which she slung false accusations at Republicans.
Ocasio-Cortez criticized the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act”in a two-minute speech that included both inaccurate and unsupported claims.
She concluded her remarks with an unexplained statement that “CEOs love this bill” in connection with the ongoing California wildfires, Fox News reported.
The bill ultimately passed with all 216 House Republicans voting in favor,along with two Democrats. Meanwhile, 206 Democrats, including Ocasio-Cortez, voted against the bill.
Ocasio-Cortez began her argument by referencing Republicans’ history of voting against the “Violence Against Women Act” and made an apparent false claim regarding their position on abortion rights.
“Republicans who have voted consistently against the violence against women act, who have taken away the right of all women to choose and have control over their own body, who, as women are bleeding out in parking lots across the country, standing there, allowing us to die,now want to pretend today that they care about women!” Ocasio-Cortez ranted.