(Hill) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday criticized a New York Times editor’s tweet suggesting Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) did not represent the Midwest.
Jonathan Weisman, deputy Washington editor of the New York Times, made the comments in response to Justice Democrats spokesman Waleed Shahid, who noted that the two progressive congresswomen were “from the Midwest.”
Weisman tweeted that calling the two Midwestern “is like saying @RepLloydDoggett (D-Austin) is from Texas or @repjohnlewis (D-Atlanta) is from the Deep South.”
Ocasio-Cortez responded later in the morning, tweeting that her colleagues “literally are” Midwestern, adding “this comment is what erasure looks like. HIGH TURNOUT from DEEP BLUE SEATS &being competitive everywhere is the core of a winning strategy.”
