Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) town hall meeting in New York City erupted in chaos after a constituent called her a “piece of s—.”
A video posted by FreedomNews.TV (FNTV) shows a man wearing a shirt with a Cuban flag while waving the American flag.
“American citizens before migrants,” the man said. “Where are you on the migrant issue? You’re a piece of s—.”
Since 2022, approximately 70,000 illegal migrants have entered New York City. The surge in illegal immigration is costing the city’s taxpayers $5 million daily to shelter the migrants, according to Breitbart News.
Ocasio-Cortez, along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), has called on President Joe Biden to rescind the 150-day work authorization waiting period for asylum-seekers.
Ocasio-Cortez has experienced other incidents during her town hall events.
“New Yorkers are ready to employ and asylum seekers are ready to work,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “The idea that denying work authorization is an effective deterrent and therefore we shouldn’t let people work is wrong. It keeps people crammed in the system & hurts migrants & citizens alike.”
New Yorkers are ready to employ and asylum seekers are ready to work.
The idea that denying work authorization is an effective deterrent and therefore we shouldn’t let people work is wrong. It keeps people crammed in the system & hurts migrants & citizens alike.
Let them work. https://t.co/ItbuZFOpj8
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 13, 2023
During the town hall, another constituent held a sign reading, “America First. Vetted legal immigrants only.” A woman held a sign stating, “AOC: an obvious criminal.”
The Russia-Ukraine war was a different point of conversation during the event.
“We are on the verge of nuclear war with Russia,” a constituent said. “Are you going to stop this war?”
In 2022 Ocasio-Cortez voted to send $40 billion in defense and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, The New York Post recently reported.
“Stop funding this war, there’s a lot of communities that need help and need that money,” a woman said while being removed from the meeting. “I’m from that community.”
At the town hall, Ocasio-Cortez said she wanted President Joe Biden to eliminate the debt ceiling.
“I still believe, first of all, that we should start to implement [the 14th Amendment] anyway because we should eliminate the debt limit in the United States because of the Constitutional reasons,” she said.
The White House and Republicans have reached a deal on the debt ceiling, avoiding a default. Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) agreed to raise the U.S.’s $31 trillion debt ceiling.
