Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued that there is a crime spree within the Republican Party, citing former President Donald Trump’s indictment and controversy over Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
“I admit it’s very hard to see a path in the Republican Party that refuses to hold itself accountable, and is actually breaking the law itself,” Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., said on CNN.
“The crime wave is within the Republican Party. It’s in everyone… what we’re seeing, we’ve seen, we’re seeing, the breaking of the law by conservative members of the court. We’re seeing a former president of the United States just indicted in recent days, I mean, we have to hold our systems accountable,” she said.
Trump was indicted on 34 counts of falsifying first-degree business documents in a Manhattan court. The charges come after prosecutors investigated hush money payments the former president allegedly made to film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2023. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Thomas was accused of improperly receiving lavish gifts from a wealthy friend, in what one expert described as a political hit.
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“I believe we should go the course and if it is the Republicans who decide to protect those who break the law, then they are the ones responsible for that decision, but we should not be complicit,” Ocasio-Cortez said. continued.
Donald Trump is the first former president to face criminal charges. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images))
Ocasio-Cortez made no mention of the Biden family’s alleged corruption, including Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop allegedly containing information about the Biden family’s foreign business dealings.
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Judge Clarence Thomas has come under fire for reports of donations from a major GOP donor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Days earlier, Ocasio-Cortez joined Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon in advocating for disregard a court orderr that would block the distribution of mifepristone, a drug used to medically induce abortions.
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“Senator Ron Wyden has already made statements, for example advising what we should do in situations like this, which I agree with, which is that I believe the Biden administration should ignore this statement…. The courts have the legitimacy and they rely on the legitimacy of their rulings,” AOC continued. “What they are doing right now is an unprecedented and dramatic erosion of the legitimacy of the courts.”
