Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is doubling down on her claims that the Trump administration is running concentration camps on the southern border, tweeting on Saturday that the administration is also “fighting to not give children toothpaste or soap” and “making people sleep on dirt floors.”
The freshman Democrat made the stunning remarks in a series of tweets posted Saturday afternoon, accusing the GOP of supporting the construction of “mass concentration camps on the southern border.”
The GOP has supported building mass concentration camps on the southern border. Kids & families are dying.
Now they want money for more – w/ ZERO negotiation on how $ is spent.
We can’t do that. They‘ve shown that when they get more money, they build more camps. #CloseTheCamps https://t.co/DYhXuU9Crz
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 22, 2019
She added: “Reminder this admin is CHOOSING to round up refugees seeking asylum, fighting to not give children toothpaste or soap & making people sleep on dirt floors.”
Reminder this admin is CHOOSING to round up refugees seeking asylum, fighting to not give children toothpaste or soap & making people sleep on dirt floors.
They say it’s bc of a lack of Ὃ. You know what saves money? Not putting masses of people in internment in the first place.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 22, 2019
Two Holocaust suvivors spoke out against Ocasio-Cortez’s comparison in a video released by Turning Point USA Saturday. Toothpaste did not seem to be one of their concerns.
“For every ten Jews, nine were killed,” David Tuck, one of the survivors who endured four concentration camps, said. “I was lucky.”
“You have no concentration camps here,” he added, questioning Ocasio-Cortez’s motive for making such an inappropriate comparison.
“She’s looking out for herself. There must be a purpose, a reason. Why would she say it? She wants to be popular,” he said.
Sami Steigmann, who is also a survivor of concentration camps, was “subjected to medical experiments.” He did not mince words.
“I went through it. How can you – looking at my face – tell me that the camps that they have in the south are concentration camps?” he asked the New York lawmaker.
Hey @AOC – guess who knows more about concentration camps than you? These Holocaust survivors. They have a message for you. Why don’t you listen – for once.
Great video by @TPUSA
RT so media can’t ignore pic.twitter.com/aib5WW0Z9h
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 22, 2019
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