Elon Musk and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have been engaged in an all-out brawl on social media because the Democratic Socialist lawmaker fired back on the Tesla mogul for referring to her as “not that smart” over her stance on illegal immigration.
Ocasio-Cortez hit back at Musk on Wednesday, posting on the X social media platform: “I wasn’t born wealthy and have become the youngest woman in American history to be elected to Congress.”
“Then I investigated [former Trump lawyer Michael] Cohen, authored the most important FEMA funeral assistance program in history and led creation of a US Climate Corps to create tens of 1000’s of latest jobs.”
“Stay mad,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote to her greater than 13.2 million followers on the platform formerly referred to as Twitter, adding an emoji showing a lady tipping her hand.
Ocasio-Cortez’s clap-back generated greater than 106,000 likes, 14,000 comments, and eight,500 reposts.
Musk, who owns X after acquiring the corporate for $44 billion last 12 months, fired back at Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday, writing: “I take it back — you’re obviously a genius.”
The world’s richest man then wrote: “First, please allow me to congratulate you on these epic achievements.”
“Nevertheless, have you ever considered, fairly than ‘funeral assistance’, that FEMA focus its funding on stopping funerals in the primary place?” Musk wondered sarcastically.
Ocasio-Cortez went back at Musk on Thursday, criticizing the X owner and a Republican congressman who “decided to skip town to joyride” with the mogul in Eagle Pass, Texas — the border town where tens of 1000’s of migrants have been pouring into the country in recent weeks.
Reacting to a photograph posted by a Fox News reporter showing Musk and Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) within the front seat of a automotive near the border, Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Thursday: “What’s funny about this photo?”
“The Home is holding vital votes in DC tonight, individuals are scrambling to avoid a shutdown, but this Republican Congressman decided to skip town to joyride with a billionaire when his own party has only a single-digit margin and desires his vote.”
Musk took a visit to Eagle Pass and commenced livestreaming his observations on X.
“Situation is beyond insane and growing fast,” Musk wrote in a post on Friday morning.
For the past several days large groups of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have been wading across the Rio Grande river near a railroad bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, undeterred by coils of razor wire laid along the banks.
Under a recent rule put in place in May by the administration of President Joe Biden, migrants who haven’t sought an appointment to cross at a legal port of entry on a government-run cellphone app referred to as CBP One can face a better bar to asylum and potentially swift deportation.
Migrant numbers had initially plummeted after the announcement, but in recent weeks began rising again as 1000’s of migrants – many fleeing Venezuela – making their way through south and central America began arriving on the border.
Ocasio-Cortez last week played down the severity of the migrant crisis, insisting that the numbers of undocumented who crossed into the US paled compared to the variety of those that entered the country through Ellis Island last century.
Her remark prompted Musk to remark on X that she was “not very smart” — continuing a long-running feud that has prompted Ocasio-Cortez to vow that she would trade in her Tesla for an electrical vehicle made by an organization that employs unionized staff.
The Tesla boss has a history of trolling Ocasio-Cortez on social media.
Last 12 months, the mogul responded to her tweet about “some billionaire with an ego problem” by joking: “Stop hitting on me, I’m really shy.”
“I used to be talking about Zuckerberg but okay,” Ocasio-Cortez shot back at Musk, referring to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, before deleting the response a few minute later.
With Post Wires