Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says House GOP acting out of 'fealty to white supremacist organizations'

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ripped into the new House Republican Caucus on All In With Chris Hayes Wednesday when asked how it compares to the previous one. Ocasio-Cortez did not mince words in describing how she believes the caucus is moving in an extreme direction.
“There are legitimate white supremacist sympathizers that sit at the heart and at the core of the Republican caucus in the House of Representatives,” Ocasio-Cortez said. She later added, “There are no consequences in the Republican caucus for violence. There's no consequence for racism. No consequence for misogyny. No consequence for insurrection. And no consequence means that they condone it. It means that that silence is acceptance, and they want it because they know that it is a core animating political energy for them. And this is extremely dangerous. An extremely dangerous threshold that we have crossed. Because we are now away from acting out of fealty to their president that they had in the oval office, and now we are talking about fealty to white supremacist organizations as a political tool.”

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ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: There are legitimate white supremacist sympathizers that sit at the heart and at the core of the Republican Caucus in the House of Representatives.

- Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined "All In with Chris Hayes" Wednesday, where she tore into the new house Republican Caucus. Among new Republican members are Marjorie Taylor Greene, who, in the past, has advocated violence against Democrats, harassed Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg, and attempted to force Muslim members of Congress to be sworn in on a Bible; and Lauren Bobert, who clashed with Capitol Police after setting off a metal detector and is suspected by some of helping insurrectionists at the Capitol.

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: There are no consequences in the Republican Caucus for violence. There's no consequences for racism, no consequences for misogyny, no consequences for insurrection. And no consequences means that they condone it.

- Ocasio-Cortez believes the party has moved on from acting in the best interests of former President Donald Trump to acting in the best interests of white supremacists.

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: We are now away from acting out of fealty to their president that they had in the Oval Office, and now we are talking about fealty to white supremacist organizations as a political tool.

- And as some state Republican Parties around the country are becoming more extreme, Ocasio-Cortez believes that the party as a whole is headed in the wrong direction.

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: We really, really need to ask ourselves what they are evolving into, because this is no longer about a party of limited government. This is about something much more nefarious.