Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was mocked this week after claiming that the United States was about to enter a time of “fascism” after President-elect Donald Trump beat Vice President Kamala Harris.
“We are about to enter a political period that will have consequences for the rest of our lives. We cannot give up,” the leftist lawmaker said in a video posted on social media.
“We now find ourselves in a time in history that has precedent and we find ourselves, I believe, in a time where there are, let’s say, peers in history of mass movements of people that mobilize to protect one another, in times of fascism and authoritarianism,” she said.
“And this is the era that we are poised to enter,” she claimed. “Donald Trump has talked about turning the military on US citizens that he deems his domestic political enemies, authoritarians, and people that he affiliates…
