So very CLUELESS: AOC ties denying DC statehood to racism and earns herself ANOTHER civics lesson (that she’ll totally ignore)

If every argument you have for every issue on the table is racism you really don’t have much of an argument in the first place.

But considering it’s AOC we’re talking about here we’re not surprised.

Color us doubly not surprised she’s clueless about why DC is not a state …

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

✔@AOC

DC was the 1st territory in the United States to free the enslaved.

It’s where Black Americans fled the tyranny of slavery & towards greater freedom, to DC. Yet today it’s where 2nd class citizenship reigns, and the right to vote is denied.

It’s time to recognize DC statehood. https://twitter.com/fenitn/status/1174729875799887874 …

Fenit Nirappil

✔@FenitN

Replying to @FenitN

.@AOC ties D.C. statehood to the legacy of slavery: "The people who fled here to the District of Columbia to flee slavery because of the enlightenment of this community are now disenfranchised because of that very act"

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Second class citizenship.

Wow, she really pulled that one out of her backside.

Dave Engelman@Krazy_Boy_Fredo

Replying to @AOC

Then the US capitol would need to be moved. Not being a voting state was by design, which you would know had you paid attention in school. Civics class wasn't about Hondas

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Lloyd Purvis@LGPurvis655

Replying to @Krazy_Boy_Fredo @AOC

"The Founders intended for the capital of the newly created United States to be a neutral ground for co-equal sovereign states to come together to transact the nation’s business"

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6:14 PM - Sep 20, 2019 · North Carolina, USA

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But RAAAAACISM.

Ron Coleman

✔@RonColeman

Replying to @AOC

Or something https://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/4-five/washington-dc-1.html …

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5:49 PM - Sep 20, 2019 · Passaic, NJ

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Is she ever right about anything?

Serious question.

AgainstTrumpDude@TheAmishDude

Replying to @AOC

The other social media guy was much better at this. AOC shouldn't have fired him.

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HA HA HA HA HA HA

Nickarama@Nickarama1

Replying to @AOC

Boy, that tweet is dumb. D.C. had slavery legal right up to 1862, when it was declared illegal by Abraham Lincoln. Mutiple states and prior territories (later states) were free long before D.C.

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1:44 AM - Sep 20, 2019

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She’s the queen of dumb tweets.

B. Winfield Huff@hufco60

Replying to @AOC

You REALLY need a civics class. DC is NOT a state for a reason. Besides, you actually have influence there, but the senate has the final say.

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Charles X Proxy@Charlemagne0814

Replying to @AOC

No, dear. Now buy another round for the House.

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Jodi McPhee Giddings@JodiGiddings

Replying to @AOC

You need to take a history course. This is so completely wrong.

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7:24 AM - Sep 20, 2019

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Au H2O Repub (Tater)@TeeKayTex

Replying to @AOC

You never studied

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6:02 PM - Sep 20, 2019

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Christine Sisto@ChristineSisto

Replying to @AOC

Ok now pretend DC votes overwhelmingly Republican. Go!

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2:47 AM - Sep 20, 2019

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Vareck The Sarcastic Jew@BornGerman

Replying to @AOC

That's a lie

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(((WitCoHE)))@E__Strobel

Replying to @AOC

There’s so much ignorance in this tweet. DC was hardly the first. And every DC resident has a right to vote. Stop lying.

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We’re not sure she’s lying … honestly she may be absolutely clueless this time.

Maybe a little bit of both?