Ocasio-Cortez (left), Hillary Clinton (right) |
a massive twitter meltdown after she was called on her elite up bring.
🎶 Don’t be fooled by the plaques that we got, I’m still / I’m still Alex from the Bronx 🎶 pic.twitter.com/eO68AGxn2z— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 27, 2018
The average household wealth of the town in which you grew up is $1.2 million. https://t.co/4sLCLWfnCb— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) December 28, 2018
Triggered Ocasio-Cortez then came up with this
Yep. As everyone knows, I grew up between two worlds + experienced 1st hand how a child’s zip code can shape their destiny.It was scrubbing those households’ toilets w/ my mother that I saw and breathed income inequality.
I decided to make a difference.
You decide to do this. https://t.co/kMtbGQo8o8— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 28, 2018
Then Micheal Knowles lashed out at Ocasio saying
You didn’t grow up b/w 2 worlds. You grew up in Westchester then lied abt it then changed your bio when the lie was exposed. I grew up in the (⬇️affluent ⬆️diverse) neighboring town, spent many wknds in the Bronx. The difference: I don’t lie abt my upbringing to feign victimhood. https://t.co/uitqPocXU8— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) December 30, 2018
Right, but @Ocasio2018 didn’t grow up in a city. She grew up in a small, homogenous, affluent suburb, where she attended excellent schools before pretending she grew up in the Bronx. https://t.co/rLaUCLp3R8— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) December 28, 2018
Then Ocasio decided to lashout at Knowles for “mansplaining”
In which a Republican literally tries to mansplaining *my own childhood* and life to me.And in true mansplaining form, he’s doing it wrong with an great degree of confidence.
It begs the question: is the GOP really “sending us their best?” 🤔 https://t.co/GNr9NACGoC
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 28, 2018
John Cardillo jumped in and gave Ocasio the final blow
.@Ocasio2018 every word he wrote is accurate.You grew up in an affluent Westchester suburb, not the Bronx. You flat out lied.
I spent more time on the streets of the south Bronx than you, so please slow your roll Congresswoman. https://t.co/6zmnmVm2RE
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) December 28, 2018