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U.S. House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other New York politicians just chased off 25,000 Amazon jobs that could have created salaries of at least $115,000 jobs each. Unfazed and stunningly arrogant, these politicians are taking a victory lap following their dubious success. AOC’s Cringeworthy Response To Amazon Decision CCN reported earlier today that Amazon had scrapped the spacious campus it had planned to build in Long Island City, Queens, which would have created roughly 25,000 well-paying jobs. The residual job creation was estimated to be an additional 67,000 jobs.

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Conservative commentator Ann Coulter responded to President Donald Trump’s criticism of her, saying that “the only national emergency is that our president is an idiot.”Her comments came after Trump declared a national emergency on the southern border, and distancing himself from Coulter.“Thank God he’s relieved me of any responsibility for what he’s been doing,” Coulter told KABC radio Friday. “That was the biggest favor anyone could do [for] me today.”Also Read: Bill Maher and Ann Coulter Shout About Trump's Wall - and Over One Another - on 'Real Time'“It was one thing, the promise he made every single day at every single speech. Forget the fact that he’s digging his own grave,” Coulter continued. “The only national emergency is that our president is an idiot.”The White House didn’t immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.Asked about the influence of right-wing media personalities on his views earlier on Friday, Trump mentioned his favorite talk-show hosts, but insisted that “they don’t decide policy.”“Sean Hannity has been a terrific, terrific supporter of what I do,” Trump said. “Rush Limbaugh, I think he’s a great guy.”Also Read: Mike Huckabee: If Ann Coulter Thinks She Can Do Better Than Trump, 'Let Her Run for Office'But when it came to Coulter, one of his biggest supporters, he claimed not to know her.“I haven’t spoken to her. I don’t follow her. I don’t talk to her, but the press loves to bring up the name Ann Coulter,” Trump said the Rose Garden Friday morning. “Probably if I did speak to her, she would be very nice, but I just don’t have time to speak to her.”“She’s off the reservation,” Trump concluded.Also Read: Ann Coulter Calls Trump the 'Biggest Wimp' in Presidential History After Shutdown EndsCoulter, who wrote 2016’s “In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!,” slammed the president for agreeing to sign a bipartisan spending deal.Coulter also told KABC that she was going to change the title on the paperback version of her book to “In Trump We Trusted.”“This is the worst open borders the country has ever had under the president who ran against open borders,” she said.Read original story Ann Coulter Hits Back at Trump: ‘The Only National Emergency Is That Our President Is an Idiot’ At TheWrap