Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is being roasted after she renewed her feud with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
In a tweet on Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez shared a clip of her dancing after campaigning for Texas Democrats. She wrote, “Ted Cruz could never.”
Ted Cruz could never pic.twitter.com/lGAO45uuy2
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 13, 2022
Cruz responded, “True that.”
“Only Dems can be such shameless mask hypocrites. Dance while you make the ‘little people’ mask up,” he added.
True that. @aoc
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 13, 2022
Only Dems can be such shameless mask hypocrites.
Dance while you make the “little people” mask up.#RulesForTheeButNotForMe https://t.co/n0hrL8DrTy
In a separate tweet, he noted she was not wearing a mask and wrote, “Nice mask.”
nice mask https://t.co/n0hrL8DrTy
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 13, 2022
Conservatives mocked her on Twitter:
lol wut https://t.co/xENJJFysiT
— Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) February 13, 2022
AOC: “ugh, republicans just want to date me”
— Phil Labonte (@philthatremains) February 13, 2022
Also AOC: *winks at Ted Cruz* https://t.co/SuXXX728pK
OMG why are you so obsessed with Ted Cruz, do you want to date him or something???? https://t.co/rCPjbnuWkF
— Cabot Phillips (@cabot_phillips) February 13, 2022
I actually sort of think @tedcruz could. And I’d be careful what I wished for here. https://t.co/1QnuSScflw
— Emily Zanotti 🦝 (@emzanotti) February 13, 2022
I Love Socialism https://t.co/4s5o9FRJsa
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) February 13, 2022
Are you flirting with @tedcruz
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) February 13, 2022
why do you want to date Ted Cruz, @AOC. This is creepy.
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) February 13, 2022
Why do you want to date him
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) February 14, 2022
The comments were a jab at a statement Ocasio-Cortez made on Twitter last year after she was criticized following a trip to Florida.
“If Republicans are mad they can’t date me they can just say that instead of projecting their sexual frustrations onto my boyfriend’s feet. Ya creepy weirdos,” she wrote. “It’s starting to get old ignoring the very obvious, strange, and deranged sexual frustrations that underpin the Republican fixation on me, women, [and] LGBT+ people in general. These people clearly need therapy, won’t do it, and use politics as their outlet instead. It’s really weird.”
It’s starting to get old ignoring the very obvious, strange, and deranged sexual frustrations that underpin the Republican fixation on me, women,& LGBT+ people in general.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 31, 2021
These people clearly need therapy, won’t do it, and use politics as their outlet instead. It’s really weird
Ocasio-Cortez has called for Cruz to resign over what she says was his role in inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
“I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there’s common ground, but you almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out. Happy to work w/ almost any other GOP that aren’t trying to get me killed. In the meantime if you want to help, you can resign,” she wrote in a Jan. 2021 tweet.