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GOP congressman demands AOC apologize to Ted Cruz for ‘almost had me murdered’ tweet

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Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Thursday asked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to “immediately apologize” after she accused Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) of “almost having [her] murdered.”

In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Roy called Ocasio-Cortez’s behavior “completely unacceptable” and asked her to retract her comments.

“It has come to my attention that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sent out a tweet a few hours ago in which she accused Senator Ted Cruz, in essence, of attempted murder,” Roy wrote.

He continued, “As a member of this body who disagreed with ‘objections’ to the electors and who has expressed publicly my concerns about the events leading to January 6th, it is completely unacceptable behavior for a Member of Congress to make this kind of scurrilous charge against another member in the House or Senate for simply engaging in speech and debate regarding electors as they interpreted the Constitution.”

“I ask you to call on her to immediately apologize and retract her comments.”

Earlier in the day on Thursday, Cruz agreed with Ocasio-Cortez’s call on Twitter for a congressional hearing about Robinhood‘s decision to restrict trading in GameStop shares.

“This is unacceptable,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter Thursday. “We now need to know more about @RobinhoodApp’s decision to block retail investors from purchasing stock while hedge funds are freely able to trade the stock as they see fit. As a member of the Financial Services Cmte, I’d support a hearing if necessary.”

“Fully agree,” Cruz replied.

In response, Ocasio-Cortez slammed Cruz, saying he “almost had me murdered.”

“I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there’s common ground, but you almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out,” she tweeted. “Happy to work w/ almost any other GOP that aren’t trying to get me killed. In the meantime if you want to help, you can resign.”

Roy concluded his letter warning Ocasio-Cortez that if she does not apologize, alternative measures will have to be taken to condemn her actions.

“If Representative Ocasio-Cortez does not apologize immediately, we will be forced to find alternative means to condemn this regrettable statement. It is my sincere hope that we all stop this heightened rhetoric and move forward to actually do the work the American people sent us here to do.

You can follow Annaliese Levy on Twitter @AnnalieseLevy.

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President-Elect Trump to Hamas: ‘Release Hostages Now’ or there will be ‘Hell to Pay’

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Following the release of a Hamas propaganda video with footage of Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander, 20, alive after over 420 days in captivity, as well as the IDF having confirmed the death of American-Israeli Captain Omer Neutra who was abducted during the October 7th attack, Trump is not mincing words.

United States President-elect Donald Trump declared Monday that there will be “hell to pay” if the hostages held by Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza are not freed before his inauguration on January 20. The message marked the first time since November’s election that the former chief executive commented on the situation facing captured Israeli citizens in the coastal enclave, reports Foreign Desk News.

Writing on his Truth Social account, the former president warned the captors, “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity. Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!”

During the October 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel, the invaders kidnapped 251 individuals after killing almost 1,200 civilians and responding security forces.

Following negotiations and rescue operations led by the Israeli military over the past year, authorities in Jerusalem estimate about 60 of the 95 remaining abductees are still alive, adds FDN.

 

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