Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York took a shot Wednesday at one of her fellow freshman lawmakers, Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw.It all started when Crenshaw responded to the story of a woman who fended off a pair of would-be robbers with her handgun.Crenshaw noted on Twitter that “situations like this story are why we protect the 2nd Amendment.”Referring to calls for universal background checks in response to several recent mass shootings, Crenshaw added: “Side note: With universal background checks, I wouldn’t be able to let my friends borrow my handgun when they travel alone like this.”
“We would make felons out of people just for defending themselves,” he added.
But his words caught the ire of Ocasio-Cortez, who appeared to assert Wednesday that the friends he’d be lending his handgun to are “likely” spousal abusers or violent criminals.
“You are a member of Congress. Why are you ‘lending’ guns to people unsupervised who can’t pass a basic background check?” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
“The people you’re giving a gun to have likely abused their spouse or have a violent criminal record, & you may not know it,” she added.The back and forth, with others chiming in, continued on Twitter, with Sandy from Westchester spewing forth a lot of sweeping generalization about how abusers are often pillars of the community who are adept at concealing their behavior.
Listen up, toots. You don't know a stinking thing about Dan Crenshaw's friends. Actually, you don't know much about anything.
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