GOP Congressman’s Remarks About His Relationship With AOC Upset Some Folks

Conservative Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) summoned folksy shtick to explain his relationship with progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday ― and a few viewers weren’t laughing.

“I can respect a liberal,” Burchett stated at NewsNation’s city corridor on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, D.C. “I respect Cortez. She’s my buddy. I mean, she’s a Marxist. She’s a friendly neighborhood Marxist, as I always call her. I say stuff to her. She’ll get on one of my videos while I’m walking off the floor of the House, and I’ll say, ‘Hey, Cortez’ and she’ll go, ‘Hey Burchett.’ And I tell people, ‘Don’t look at her too long. She’ll steal your soul.’ We have that kind of relationship, and we can joke about it.”

Whereas the progressive and Trump sycophant are hardly ever on the identical facet of a difficulty, each have backed laws to forestall congressional members from buying and selling shares. And each at one level agreed that the Jeffrey Epstein recordsdata must be launched. Burchett, nevertheless, softened his stance as a result of he stated flight logs to the late intercourse offender’s island would additionally embody the names of harmless individuals.

Indicators of chumminess between the 2 Home members angered some.

“Just say no to Marxists, Tim,” one critic wrote. One other slammed him for “normalizing” Marxism.

“It’s so cute to have Marxist ‘buddies’ and pal around with them and go to dinner with them!” a commenter stated. “I mean, they want your constituents sh0t in the neck, but, yeah, sure, have drinks!”

Ocasio-Cortez, for the document, has scoffed on the “Marxist” label caught to her by right-wingers.

Different critics accused Burchett of sexism.

“Burchett’s ’soul-stealing’ crack isn’t folksy charm — it’s the same leering misogyny MAGA peddles to mask their fear of a woman who actually fights for people. Pathetic,” one individual remarked.

“Calling a colleague a Marxist and joking about her ‘stealing your soul’ isn’t charm it’s cringe politics masquerading as humor,” one other stated.