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WATCH: AOC Melts Down Over ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Passing: ‘One Of The Saddest Days In History’
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is among the sizable number of Democrats who are apoplectic over the passage of President Donald Trump’s signature piece of legislation, the “Big, Beautiful Bill.” In a hysterical rant, the congresswoman described the successful vote as “one of the saddest days in history.”
“I think this is one of the saddest days in modern American history. This is the largest, this is the largest withdrawal and ending of health care in American history,” the congresswoman told reporters on Capitol Hill. She then described work requirements for taxpayer-funded benefits and said the quiet part out loud about removing illegal aliens from such benefits by claiming that “17 million people,” not citizens, will lose access to coverage.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen, I don’t think we have ever seen or are prepared for how catastrophic this is set to be for a lot of people. And I think it’s devastating. And they’re talking about this as though it’s some tax cut. Even the stuff that they’re talking about, taxes on tips, no tax on tips, that’s only for people, that’s only up to $25,000. And if you’re making less than that, you’re already kind of exempt from a lot of these things in the first place,” the far-left lawmaker ranted.
“So they’re giving people crumbs and they’re taking away the whole loaf. And it’s just a genuinely really sad day for our country.”
A reporter then followed up by asking about her response to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ eight-hour filibuster, which ultimately did nothing to stop the bill. House Republicans have jeered their Democrat colleague as “low energy” for the fruitless attempt at delaying the bill.
AOC on the other hand described Jeffries’ opposition to the legislation as “the right message.”
“The best thing that we can do right now is press on. Uh, and in order for us to salvage what we have to build through, we have to chart a new course and a new path to our future. And we have to make sure that there are consequences,” she said.
The House passed the bill by a vote of 218-214 on Thursday afternoon, just in time for President Trump’s July 4 deadline. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) were the lone Republicans to vote against.
Trump told reporters that he will be signing the legislation at the White House at 5 p.m. tomorrow evening. “And at about five o’clock, we’re going to have B2s and F-22s and F-35s flying right over the White House. And the speaker and I and John Thune, we’re all there together with most, I think, most Republican senators in Congress, men and women, and it’s going to be a great day,” the president told reporters after arriving in Iowa for a victory rally.
