Does AOC know more about the border than the Executive Branch of the government?
Obviously not.
AOC said we shouldn't use the word "surge" to describe what's happening at the border but President Biden does it and nobody seems to mind.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is condemning the use of the term "surge" when discussing the ongoing border crisis at the southern border.
"They wanna say, 'But what about the surge?'" Ocasio-Cortez said on Tuesday night during an Instagram Live session. "Well, first of all, just gut check, stop. Anyone who's using the term 'surge' around you consciously is trying to invoke a militaristic frame."
"And that's a problem because this is not a surge, these are children and they are not insurgents and we are not being invaded, which by the way is a white supremacist idea- philosophy, the idea that if another is coming in the population that this is an invasion of who we are," the congresswoman continued.
Her comments raised eyebrows on social media.
One of her critics, Townhall.com senior writer Julio Rosas, who's been reporting from the border, defended the "surge" term.
"I’ve been using the term 'surge' because there’s a higher than usual amount of people illegally crossing into the U.S. I’ve seen it with my own eyes on a nightly basis for the past week," Rosas reacted.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a news conference to introduce the "Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021" at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill March 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)