Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Calls Out Lauren Boebert For Insulting Her Grandmother

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-New York) responded to Rep. Lauren Boebert‘s (R-Colorado) comments on government unemployment benefits she made at the conservative CPAC gathering over the weekend.

In the Twitter exchange, Cortez called out Boebert’s “Good ol conservative values.” Boebert was filmed at the conference telling the crowd, “We’re here to tell government we don’t want your benefits. We don’t want your welfare.”

Tell ‘em loud and proud girl! GOP will strip your unemployment protections and dismantle any semblance of a public safety net we have left! Then make working people pay way more for everything on low wages while Wall St gets a meal ticket!

Good ol conservative values baby! 🤑 https://t.co/inym5QkuBC

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— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 11, 2021

The situation quickly escalated when Boebert called out Cortez for allegedly not taking care of her grandmother who lived in Puerto Rico. Cortez blamed the lack of financial support from Donald Trump following the 2017 Hurricane Maria.

Thank you for proving to the world that today’s version of “conservative role model” is a person who mocks other people’s ill grandparents on the internet.

I can promise you I will treat your family better than you do mine. And I’ll fight for your constituents more, too. 👋🏽 https://t.co/Mm9IXQTTnq

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 11, 2021

Boebert is an outspoken Trump supporter who has often butted heads with Ocasio Cortez and the Biden administrations over the January 6 insurrection and COVID-19 regulations.