Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tore into House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for what she called a 'toothless' statement of condemnation after Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar appeared at white nationalist events.
'McCarthy has been protecting his little KKK Caucus for years with these toothless statements and meetings. It's how he covers for them,' the New York Democrat tweeted Monday night. 'He's now helped them for so long they've escalated their open antisemitism & collaboration w/ white nationalist groups. He's just as culpable,' she added.
Greene was in Orlando, Florida over the weekend to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, but was also a surprise guest at the America First Political Action Conference, which was organized by white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tore into House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for what she called a 'toothless' statement of condemnation after Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar appeared at white nationalist events
'McCarthy has been protecting his little KKK Caucus for years with these toothless statements and meetings. It's how he covers for them,' the New York Democrat tweeted Monday night, adding that the GOP leader is 'culpable'
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday that he would talk to Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar for appearing at white nationalist events, telling CNN Greene's appearance over the weekend was 'appalling and wrong'
Gosar appeared in-person at AFPAC last year and recorded a message for the event this year.
On Monday night McCarthy told CNN it was 'appalling and wrong' that Greene spoke at AFPAC.
'There's no place in our party for any of this,' the California Republican said. 'This is unacceptable.'
McCarthy said he would
