Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Asks: ‘What Good Are Your Thoughts And Prayers?’ | Michael Stone
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asks “What good are your thoughts and prayers?” after 49 people were killed and 20 seriously injured in a terror attack targeting two mosques in New Zealand. After the devastating terrorist attack conducted by anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, white supremacists in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ✔
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At 1st I thought of saying, “Imagine being told your house of faith isn’t safe anymore.” But I couldn’t say “imagine.” Because of Charleston. Pittsburgh. Sutherland Springs. What good are your thoughts & prayers when they don’t even keep the pews safe? 84.3K 1:13 AM - Mar 15, 2019 31.3K
Expanding on her tweet Ocasio-Cortez opined: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ✔ @AOC Replying to @AOC This is a time of great vulnerability for our communities. We must come together, fight for each other, & stand up for neighbors. Isolation, dehumanizing stereotypes, hysterical conspiracy theories, & hatred ultimately lead to the anarchy of violence. We cannot stand for it. 45.7K 1:30 AM - Mar 15, 2019 10.6K
Ocasio-Cortez noted that her condemnation of the expression “thoughts and prayers” was aimed at the NRA: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ✔ @AOC Replying to @AOC (“Thoughts and prayers” is reference to the NRA’s phrase used to deflect conversation away from policy change during tragedies. Not directed to PM Ardern, who I greatly admire.) 33.1K 2:00 AM - Mar 15, 2019
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