Ocasio-Cortez making her presence felt
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Despite criticism about
her public appearances,
Queens Congresswoman
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is
not “staying in her lane” or
“waiting her turn.”
Next to Nancy Pelosi
or Donald Trump, Ocasio-
Cortez has been one of the
most talked about political
figures in the United States
since she defeated former
Congressman Joe Crowley
during the Democratic
primary in 2018. Since then,
the legislator — whose 14th
District includes much of
northwest Queens and the
Bronx — has made multiple
television appearances,
and not just those of the
political variety.
In her second appearance
on CBS’s “The Late Show with
Stephen Colbert” on Monday
night, Jan. 21, Colbert started
off the interview asking
Ocasio-Cortez “on a scale
of zero to some, how many
f***s” did she give about
criticism from Democrats
and Republicans who are
saying that she shouldn’t be
making waves so early in her
political career.
“I think it’s zero,” Ocasio-
Cortez responded, holding her
hand in the shape of a zero as
she spoke. In the interview,
Ocasio-Cortez went on to
explain what her 70-percent
marginal tax rate plan could
mean for many voters.
Since the show aired, many
media outlets reported on her
interview on “The Late Show,”
often headlining their articles
with something to the effect
of: “Congresswoman Ocasio-
Cortez says she gives “zero”
f***s about pushback from
other Democrats.” However,
Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter
to set the record straight:
“I actually didn’t say
this, so while I know ‘brown
women cursing’ drives clicks,
maybe you accurately quote
the whole exchange instead
of manipulating people into
thinking I said this sentence
instead of just the word ‘zero’,”
she tweeted.
Prior to her latest
appearance on “The Late
Show,” on Jan. 6, Ocasio-Cortez
Queens Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become one
of the most talked about legislators in America. File photo
appeared on “60 Minutes,”
where she sat down with
Anderson Cooper to discuss
how she felt her first few years
in Congress would go.
Ultimately, Ocasio-Cortez
stated that President Trump
is only a symptom of the
racism problem in the United
States and that while she’s
willing to compromise, she
believes that the Democrats
may have compromised too
much already.
“I think that we have
compromised things that we
shouldn’t have compromised.
Whether it’s judgeships, with
Mitch McConnell, whether
it’s compromising on climate
change,” Ocasio-Cortez told
Cooper. “I think there are
some things that we have
compromised a little bit too
much on.”
Ocasio-Cortez’s likeness
has also been taken into
a place where few Queens
representatives have gone
before: “Saturday Night Live.”
In December 2018, Ocasio-
Cortez was played by cast
member Melissa Villaseñor
shortly after securing her seat
in Congress. In the skit, while
taking on Ocasio-Cortez’s
optimism, Villaseñor took jabs
at doubters of Ocasio-Cortez.
On the Jan. 19 episode
of “Saturday Night Live,”
Villaseñor took on the role of
Ocasio-Cortez once again in a
“Deal or No Deal” skit, going
up against Alec Baldwin’s
President Trump about the
government shutdown.
“Trump and the GOP are
terrified of me because I’m
under 100 and I know how to
use Instagram,” Villaseñor’s
Ocasio-Cortez said in the skit.
Reach reporter Emily
Davenport by e-mail at
edavenport@qns.com or by
phone at (718) 224-5863 ext. 236.
Police seek two suspects in
Astoria knifepoint robbery
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Police were looking for a duo who
they say robbed a man at knifepoint
while riding the subway in Astoria
last month.
According to police, at 1:10 a.m. on
Dec. 20, 2018, a 23-year-old man boarded
a southbound F train at the Parsons
Boulevard station. At 1:30 a.m., two men
wearing ski masks boarded the train and
sat beside the victim, police said.
The first suspect told the victim that
he needed money; however, the victim
stated that he didn’t have any money and
showed the men his wallet, according to
authorities, and the second suspect took
the victim’s wallet, pulled out a box cutter
and held it to the victim’s face, telling
him not to move or he’ll lose an eye.
The second suspect took the victim’s
iPhone and the first suspect took the
headphones that were connected to
the phone, police said, adding that the
suspects fled the scene at the 46th Street
subway station.
The 114th Precinct tweeted about the
incident and asked the public for help
identifying the suspect.
Photo via Twitter/@NYPD114Pct
“The male pictured is wanted in
regards to a robbery that occurred at
the 46th Street and Broadway Subway
Station, on December 20, 2018 at
approximately 1:30am,” the tweet reads.
“If you have any information please
call 911 or the 114pct at 718-626-9311.
#YourCityYourCall”
Reach reporter Emily Davenport by
e-mail at edavenport@qns.com or by
phone at (718) 224-5863 ext. 236.
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