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Ocasio-Cortez said she was speaking from the very “secretive” House cloakroom, listening to one of the “worst, lowest-quality speeches” she had ever heard.
McCarthy, however, didn’t pull any punches in his lengthy rebuke of Democrats’ policies. Although his speech delayed the liberal social spending bill, the House eventually passed it in a 220-213 vote Friday morning, largely along party lines. The bill, which expands the social safety net, heads to the Senate where it could face pushback from moderate Democrats.
“What do you think’s going to happen to inflation if this bill becomes law? It’s only going to even be greater than the first $2 trillion this body wasted,” McCarthy said at one point during the speech, according to the Los Angeles Times. “From bank surveillance to bailouts, this bill takes the problems joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden<
At another point during McCarthy’s speech, Ocasio-Cortez reportedly interrupted the Republican.
“Just a few weeks ago, Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger said, ‘Nobody elected Joe Biden to be FDR,’” McCarthy said.
“I did,” a female voice shouted out. Reporters later identified that voice as belonging to Ocasio-Cortez.
Not all social media users were impressed by Ocasio-Cortez’s video, however.
“That’s cute,” one user wrote. “Now ask her why she voted with the Republicans against infrastructure.”
