Ocasio-Cortez fumes at Elon Musk criticizing her response to the migrant crisis: 'She's just not that smart'



Socialist Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York lashed out at billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk after he criticized her over her response to the migrant crisis in New York City.

Musk was responding to a missive against Ocasio-Cortez after she mocked Republicans for the federal government speeding toward a budget shutdown.

"Boy math is needing 15 attempts to count the votes correctly to become Speaker and then shutting down the government 9 months later," said Ocasio-Cortez.

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The post mocked Ocasio-Cortez for attempting to downplay the migrant crisis by comparing the number of illegal aliens being sent to New York City and the millions of immigrants who had gone through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.

"She’s just not that smart," Musk responded.

Ocasio-Cortez didn't even mention the migrant crisis in her response but instead touted her accomplishments in order to prove that she is actually smart.

"I wasn’t born rich and became the youngest woman in American history to be elected to Congress. Then I investigated Cohen, authored the largest FEMA funeral assistance program in history and led creation of a US Climate Corps to create tens of thousands of new jobs. Stay mad," she responded with an emoji of a woman flipping her hair.

Other New York City officials did not share Ocasio-Cortez's opinion that the number of migrants was "nothing." New York City Mayor Eric Adams has demanded that the federal government take responsibility and has said that the cost of caring for the migrants would destroy the city.

Musk, meanwhile, criticized the media for ignoring the massive surge of illegal aliens crossing at the border and said on Monday that he planned to visit the border to take measure of the crisis himself.

The far-left socialist and Musk had previously sparred after he unveiled his plan to charge Twitter users for certain features on the popular social media application. He later rebranded the service as X.

Here's more about the Ocasio-Cortez Musk feud:

'The Five': AOC, Elon Musk's big Twitter feudwww.youtube.com

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Elon Musk shuts down Ocasio-Cortez after she mocks his plan to charge for blue-check verification



Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk shut down socialist Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York after she responded to his plan to raise revenue for Twitter by charging for blue-check verification.

Many on the left have been incensed by the acquisition of the social media platform by Musk after he criticized some of the decisions made to suspend accounts on the right, including that of former President Donald Trump.

Some were further antagonized by his plan to charge users $8 a month for verification and other secondary features on Twitter. Among those was Ocasio-Cortez, who mocked him for trying to charge for what she called free speech.

"Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that 'free speech' is actually a $8/mo subscription plan," the socialist tweeted on Tuesday.

\u201cLmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that \u201cfree speech\u201d is actually a $8/mo subscription plan\u201d
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1667359524

Musk responded Wednesday.

"Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8," he joked. The tweet garnered more than 260k likes.

Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022

Musk then issued another missive mocking her for her overpriced political merchandise.

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Musk took control of the popular social media platform after months of legal wrangling with the company. Critics worry that he will loosen the content moderation controls and allow a torrent of hate speech on Twitter, but his supporters say the platform could use an injection of free speech in relation to dissenting voices.

Some reporters and journalists were outraged at Musk's plan to charge for verification because they argued that it would undermine their ability to sift out fake news and bad-faith actors.

"There are massive, life and globe-altering consequences for just letting people run wild on the thing,” said MSNBC anchor Katy Tur about Musk's bid to buy Twitter in April.

Here's more about Musk's Twitter stratagem:

Elon Triggers a Global MELTDOWN with Twitter Purchase | @Chad Pratherwww.youtube.com