AOC: ‘Insane Suggestion’ by the Speaker to Say Schumer Is Shutting Down Gov’t to Prevent a Primary Challenge

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OCASIO-CORTEZ: “It‘s such an insane suggestion. And, in fact, it speaks to how desperate they are. This claim has been — Mike Johnson‘s been saying this, John Thune has been saying this. They are saying this because they are refusing to do their job. They‘re grasping for straws. They‘re trying to make this about political tabloids and political intrigue and horse races, exactly the kinds of things that people are sick of in this country. We‘re sick of it. We‘re sick of talking about these horse races, and we‘re sick of leaders who only want to spend their time talking about that, instead of talking about real issues that affect our lives, instead of talking about health care, instead of talking about wages, instead of talking about having air that‘s drinkable — I mean, air that‘s breathable and water that‘s drinkable. And it‘s — it is honestly astonishing to me that the speaker of the House would waste his time on something so inane and silly, instead of actually worrying about his own constituents who are suffering at the hands of his leadership."