After Accusing Russia of Foreign Election Meddling, AOC Does Same Thing in UK Election

December 15, 2019

3 min read

After accusing Russia of meddling in the 2016 US elections, Freshman Congressman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (Dem-NY) did precisely that but to Great Britain when she tweeted out a call for British voters to support Labour and Jeremy Corbyn. The tweet featured a video that slammed the Conservative policies being advocated by the party head, Boris Johnson.

 

“The hoarding of wealth by the few is coming at the cost of peoples’ lives,” AOC wrote. “The only way we change is with a massive surge of *new* voters at the polls. UK, Vote!”

It was unclear how campaigning for Corbyn served her constituents in New York but it seemed to boost her popularity as it garnered over 18,000 retweets and 57,000 likes. It also increased her popularity with Corbyn, as noted in his response.

British conservative commentator Nile Gardiner tweeted a warning to American voters.

Corbyn and AOC developed a close relationship. In February, soon after she took office, the two spoke for 45 minutes on the phone about taxes, migration, President Donald Trump, and public services. Corbyn was clearly taken with his young admirer from across the ocean, as seen in a tweet he posted.

The admiration was mutual.

The Labour Party suffered a crushing defeat in last week’s elections leading to calls for Corbyn to resign. The final results showed 43.6% of the vote to the Conservative party led by Boris Johnson, giving them 364 seats in the Parliament. Labour, led by Jeremy Corbyn, got 32.25% of the vote, giving them 203 seats.

Part of the blame for the defeat was placed on accusations of rampant anti-Semitism in the party. Corbyn was also accused of making anti-Semitic comments and supporting terrorist organizations. Corbyn stated in public several times that if elected, he would immediately recognize a Palestinian State inside the borders of Israel. He has also been accused of having relations with terrorist organizations and during a meeting in parliament in 2009, Corbyn referred to Hamas and Hezbollah his “friends.”

The Simon Weisenthal Center (SWC), a Jewish human rights organization, announced on Saturday that Corby’ns Labour party was the year’s worst global anti-Semitic incident. The SWC listing was significant as it placed Corbyn above  John Earnest, a white supremacist gunman accused of opening fire inside the Poway synagogue in California in April, killing one.

Ironically, AOC’s endorsement of the British anti-Semitic candidate comes less than one week after she accused Donald Trump of anti-Semitism for a speech in which he addressed the Israeli American Council. In the speech, the president noted the many pro-Israel policies his administration has advanced. He also noted that the Democratic candidates are adopting policies that will universally raise taxes. AOC suggested that by appealing to the Jewish crowd’s monetary interests, the president was pushing an anti-Semitic trope of the money-loving Jew.

In addition to being a member of the Democratic Party, AOC is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. She is a critic of Israel, referring to the IDF’s use of live-fire against Gazans attempting to infiltrate into Israel as “a massacre.” She also referred to Jews living in Judea and Samaria as an “occupation”.She supports the creation of a Palestinian state inside Israel and has opposed legislation that would counter the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement that calls for the destruction of Israel.

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