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Ocasio-Cortez Mocked on Twitter After Seeking Travel Suggestions for 'a Few Days of Rest'

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez received many mocking responses when she tweeted over the weekend that she was looking for suggestions on which national park to visit.

“Ok everyone, planning to take a few days of rest within the next few months and am sourcing a few ideas,” the New York Democrat wrote.

“What’s your favorite US National Park to visit?” Ocasio-Cortez asked, adding, “Any tips for visiting said park also welcome!”

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The freshman congresswoman’s tweet received many replies, including recommendations for Acadia National Park in Maine, Arches National Park in Utah, and Yosemite National Park in California.

However, other Twitter users took the opportunity to poke fun at Ocasio-Cortez.

“Mt. Rushmore, you can see the faces Trumps will be next to soon,” one wrote to her.

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Others suggested the self-described Democratic socialist might enjoy visiting some parks in Venezuela.

“Check out El Avila National Park! It’s in Venezuela. Maybe while you are there you can see what socialism is like. Please bring a history [book] for the plane ride! Or are you taking a train, since we really shouldn’t be flying cuz #climatechange,” BIGIdeaGUY tweeted.

Still another advised Ocasio-Cortez that she should go to the library, because “that’s all you need to visit.”

Twitchy pointed out that the congresswoman has also been invited to visit various concentration camp sites, such as Auschwitz in Poland, after claiming that the U.S. is now running its own such camps in the form of detention facilities along the southern border.

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A group of Latino pastors toured such a facility in El Paso, Texas last week, just days after Ocasio-Cortez decried the conditions, claiming detainees were being told by Border Patrol officers to drink out of toilets. (The Border Patrol union president called the claim “baseless and ridiculous.”)

The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and senior pastor of New Season Christian Worship Center in Sacramento, California, told reporters at a news briefing that what he saw on his tour was different.

“I read the reports, saw the news clips. I just wanted to see what was actually happening in order to better enable our efforts to find a fair and a just solution to our broken immigration system,” Rodriguez said.

“To my surprise, I saw something drastically different from the stories I’ve been hearing in our national discourse. Even as a veteran of immigration advocacy in the U.S., I was shocked at the misinformation of the crisis at the border,” he added.



Despite various claims of filth and harsh conditions, the pastor said he saw nothing of the kind, and was assured he was seeing exactly what Ocasio-Cortez saw.

“We found no soiled diapers, no deplorable conditions and no lack of basic necessities,” Rodriguez stated.

The religious leader — who participated in inaugural ceremonies for both Barack Obama and Donald Trump — told Fox News he is not Republican or Democrat, but a Christian and someone who just wanted to see the truth for himself.

“I found amazing people on both sides trying to make a very difficult circumstance better,” Rodriguez said, noting the majority of Border Patrol agents are Latino. “So I don’t know where everyone else is visiting.”

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Randy DeSoto has written more than 2,000 articles for The Western Journal since he joined the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths" and screenwriter of the political documentary "I Want Your Money."
Randy DeSoto is the senior staff writer for The Western Journal. He wrote and was the assistant producer of the documentary film "I Want Your Money" about the perils of Big Government, comparing the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Randy is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths," which addresses how leaders have appealed to beliefs found in the Declaration of Independence at defining moments in our nation's history. He has been published in several political sites and newspapers.

Randy graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS in political science and Regent University School of Law with a juris doctorate.
Birthplace
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Nationality
American
Honors/Awards
Graduated dean's list from West Point
Education
United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law
Books Written
We Hold These Truths
Professional Memberships
Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars
Location
Phoenix, Arizona
Languages Spoken
English
Topics of Expertise
Politics, Entertainment, Faith




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