Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) offered a lighthearted response after President-elect Donald Trump commented on her failure to clinch a powerful House committee position.
The progressive New Yorker recently opposed establishment Democrats when she challenged the older Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) for the top Democratic position on the influential House Oversight Committee.
After Ocasio-Cortez lost the coveted position to Connolly during a leadership vote on Tuesday, Trump said it was “really too bad that AOC lost the Battle for the Leadership Seat in the Democrat Party.”
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“She should keep trying. Someday, she will be successful!” Trump added in a post to Truth Social on Wednesday evening.
Ocasio-Cortez promptly responded.
“Damn you know it’s bad when even Trump is feeling bad for me,” she said, adding a
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