AOC tears into Christian Super Bowl commercials for making 'fascism look benign' trends now
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Progressive firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticized a Christian organization behind two ads made for Sunday night's Super Bowl game, claiming they promote 'fascism.'
He Gets Us, a nonprofit aimed at modernizing Americans' perceptions of Jesus Christ and Christianity, reportedly paid a hefty $20 million to run its messages during the big game.
'Something tells me Jesus would *not* spend millions of dollars on Super Bowl ads to make fascism look benign,' Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter on Sunday night.
The first black-and-white clip shows migrants fleeing their homes under life-threatening circumstances, implicitly heading for the US.
At the end, it's revealed to be a comparison of today's asylum-seekers with Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused Christian group He Gets Us of promoting 'fascism' at the Super Bowl
She fired off a tweet on Sunday night after both of the group's ads had run during the game
Also featuring colorless photos, the second clip shows people in scenes of heated
