5mo ago

AOC mocks border czar for suggesting she's 'impeding' the law: 'Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start'

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AOC Mocks Border Czar for Suggesting She's 'Impeding' The Law: 'Maybe He Can Learn to Read. The Constitution Would Be a Good Place to Start'

Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, after he suggested her "Know Your Rights with ICE" webinar could be illegal.

The event informed immigrants about their rights during ICE raids. Homan claimed the webinar might impede immigration enforcement and said he was working with the DOJ to determine legal action.

AOC dismissed his remarks, stating, "Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start."

She continues to oppose Trump’s immigration policies, including efforts to revoke birthright citizenship.

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AOC 2028
- AOC for Speaker! Congress needs fixing too.
  
  Today, yeah, I'll push my rep to vote for her in 2026. Goodness knows he won't be...
  
  The Dems definitely need someone with a bite in that position. AOC would be a good choice, indeed.
  
  Dems would need a majority first. Then they'd have to agree to get rid of Jeffries (who has only been Minority Leader at this point and unlikely to let go without a fight).
  I swear, this site is full of people who have no fucking clue how US politics works in the real world.
- i'm ready.
  even have some (unofficial) campaign gear.
  
  That took me entirely too long. I had to question why the hell you took a picture of your computer looking at this post. Presumably from your phone, which you presumably uploaded the picture from, instead of just taking a screenshot.
  
  I don't like genocide supporters. Or kids in jail. Or union- strike busters Warmongers and regime chance advocats.
- Ideally sooner, but I support this. Hells yeah AOC!
- 1000%
- I have a hunch she'll be in prison before that happens.
  
  You can run from Prison
- LOL
How can the "free speech" party so consistently get it wrong when it comes to the First Amendment?
- "the law only applies when and where and how we say it does"
- Free speech is a code for hate speech. It really is that simple.
  
  Yeah it's "I want people to stop acting like I'm a jerk when I say mean things", "but I also want them to not be able to say mean things about me, cuz that isn't fair to me". And yes, it should sound like a toddler having a temper tantrum. Including a complete misunderstanding of the entire concept of fairness.
- "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
  
  source: https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
  i don't necessarily agree with the entirety of the comment but it is an interesting one to read nonetheless. the last sentence is also very quotable:
  The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.
- Ahh...see...there's the rub...your answer is literally the first word of the first amendment.
  Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
  Congress ain't doing shit. Executive unitary theory means the Constitution is about as legally binding as a Dear Abby letter.
She needs to keep going. She needs to speak to them the same way they speak to everyone else. She needs to use every bit of her position to mother fuck these cowards at every turn. Call them out, and show their ignorance every single fucking time and in every single fucking forum.
She needs to demand her coworkers do the same. She needs to shame them when they don't or when they compromise. The time for pleasantries is long past.
If she does, others will follow, but it will be dangerous, so I understand if she just keeps doing what she is doing. It is at least miles more than most of them.
Bla bla bla, man shouts at clouds, but no one listens.
- You're right. She's the only one or at most one of less than a handful of Democrats that are actually DOING something with their platform to resist the fascists, rather than just doing rousing speeches for the cameras, fundraising emails and fuckall else.
  If the Dem leadership were more like her, even if they retained the same crappy Neoliberal policy positions, things would never have gotten anywhere near this bad in the first place.
Fuck she's cool
- She's fake AF. Larping as leftist.
  
  You larp at being worthy of expressing an opinion.
It’s AOC with the steel chair!
My god, the pressure she is experiencing right now…
- She and Bernie are carrying the entire weight of the opposition party and therefore the future of the country. I don't envy them.
  
  I stand with them
- Politically I'm pretty moderate but I have a huge amount of respect for AOC and the way she spurs debate and brings important issues into focus.
  
  So you are saying her positions are appealing to moderates?
I've always wonder why the US uses a title from Imperial Russia to refer to the heads of special activity like drug czar and border czar. No seriously, any ideas why?
- It’s a term that indicates a leader, and its origins are thousands of years before imperial Russia.
  It’s a derivative of the Latin “Caesar”, and many cultures have used the term (or its derivatives) to indicate a leader. Pre-Weimar Germany was led by the Kaiser, a German adaptation of the title.
  
  Right, but its specifically a slavic/russian derivation of the word ceasar.
  
  All because of Julie’s parents….
- This is relatively new, it started with Obama I believe. It was sort of a joke that went non-ironic at some point.
  
  No it started under Bush Jr. with the Drug Czar position.
  
  Well before that. I was going to say Reagan, but that’s wrong too
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_czar
- It's an unofficial title given to those empowered to make broad decisions for US, UK, and even Canadian policy.
  
  still weird, and still tied to a bloodstained legacy for many americans of eastern european legacy
- I always assumed it was derogatory because I only heard it used on Fox News* in reference to Democratic cabinet members.
  *Not watching it voluntarily, my idiot parent has hearing loss and has the TV on full volume whenever I visit. The Fox logo is literally burned into the TV.
- It's one of those projecting things the conservatives like to do. It's stupid, and needs to stop imo.
- It started with bush and 911 ask him and Andy card
don't start a war of words with someone infinitely more intelligent than you are, mr homan.
- His name sounds like he's a ferengi from star trek. "Listen here, female hoo-man". Kinda makes sense, they are like ferengi.
conservatism is a disease that untreated will often develop into fascism
- I would say conservatism unchallenged vigorously transforms into fascism.
- Same for liberals
  
  sAmE wItH liBrUlS
Likely can’t read the Constitution because they can’t read cursive.
- MAGA, "what is this, Arabic? This is America! Write in English."
What happened to the immigrants they were hauling off to Guantánamo Bay? Has there been an update on that?
Are they seriously using Czar as an official title?
So he was the cool guy as Obama's border czar, but the bad guy when keeping the same policies under Trump?
- He wasn't in command of ICE under Obama. He was just commended for being a good employee under Obama. Trump made him a "border czar" (whatever the fuck that means). He apparently chaffed under the Obama administration's more lax policies when it came to border security and is much happier under Trump. Clearly to the detriment of everyone who isn't white.
  https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/04/ice-cold-how-a-loyal-obama-bureaucrat-became-the-face-of-trumps-deportation-force/
- maybe he got brain worms too
"on her X social media account" "hosted on her Facebook page."
This person is part of the establishment.
- I've seen her on Tic Tok too, she's going to where the people are.
  
  Yes she's going where the votes are, that's what politicians do.
- I'm not saying you're wrong, but for instance If all my local justice and climate groups moved to masto they would effectively cease to exist.
  Would love it if people with the capability would post to both, though.
  
  It's possible that you're right. It's also possible that people would follow those groups to Mastodon.
  It's very possible that people would follow AOC to Mastodon as well. There's no reason she can't post on Mastodon as well and see how it goes.
  
  Every serious group already moved to mastodon and we are talking on lemmy. She has million of followers already and isn't even trying, she's part of the establishment.
- Social media contributes to the polarization of public discourse and should absolutely be boycotted. However, this polarization manifests in various ways, and your comment is a good example of this. When everything becomes a purity test, we fall into extremism. To counter the rise of fascism, you must be willing to unite with those who do not share your opinions.
  
  you must be willing to unite with those who do not share your opinions.
  To counter the rise of fascism you don't use the private social media of a guy who does the nazi salute in public.
- Not defending her, but she is also on Bluesky
  
  So they are not even on mastodon?
- It was on BlueSky.
I hate the snidey childish way politicians talk.
- yeah what a shitty theater it all is.
- Yeah repubs love it though
- For an account that is only two hours old, your post history is incredibly boring.
  labeling Rage Against the Machine's 'Killling in the name of ' as "divisive", and now posting lame AOC trash, ugh. Boot lickin' with the best. Boring.
  
  I've seen a lot of extremely low effort trolling recently.
- Lol.
  5 hour old account. Will quickly grow bored at how few people take the bait.
  May decide to stay when he sees how everybody here is happier than him.
  Let's kill the bastard with kindness.
- Okay man even for a troll this is just weak. Try harder.
- This has to be the most pathetic 'no u' that I've ever seen.
  Absolutely embarrassing.
- uwotm8
- Yeah, fuck off junior.
- Swing and a miss
- This is borderline racist.
  
  no it's overt. report it.
- You didn't realize that invoking a stereotype based around someone's race is racist?
  
  Lol. So hard to keep up with the trends these days. It's a mine field. First the n-word, then blackface and now this... What's next?! /s
  
  Yeah I didn't. Thought only negative ones are seen as such. Again, my bad, but at least I learned something lol
- Fuck off Nazi.
- Don't be sorry. Culture is being killed till we're all the same. Just blend in. The new normal is bland and emotionless.
Maybe AOC should tell her illegal aliens in her district on how to legally enter the country rather than to hide from ICE
- Get the fuck out of here. AOC has been the only politician that I truly believe is fighting for the american people.
  
  Fighting for the illegal aliens, maybe.
- If they are already in the country then it would be pointless to describe how to enter the country.
  
  That's where Tom Homan comes in
- Maybe you shouldn't feed the extremely obvious troll.
- Yeah! At the local monthly illegal alien meeting! Durrr.
  Here's a question for you, if we have a 4th amendment, why do we have to deal with cops just knocking on doors asking for papers without a warrant? My time has no value? Can I bill them my hourly consultant rate?
  
  Durrrr don't rape and kill when you're an illegal alien and maybe Tom Homan won't find you. DURRR

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