After Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, was shouted down at her own town hall, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, R-CO, piled on the criticism by accusing her of being \"part of the machine\" and for ignoring her constituents.<\/p>\n
\"On the rare occasions that @AOC actually spends time with her constituents, she is reminded that she has sold them out at every turn,\" Boebert said on Twitter Thursday.<\/p>\n
She added: \"She campaigned as an outsider and has now just morphed into Sandy Pelosi.\"<\/p>\n
A split photo of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, on December 7, 2021, in Washington, D.C., and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-CO, in Dallas, Texas, US, on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. <\/p>\n
Several hours later, AOC responded to the quip and claimed Boebert was the sellout.<\/p>\n
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\"Hey Boebert, you seem to have us confused,\" The \"Squad\" lawmaker said. \"I have attended and hosted [hundreds] of community events, hold regular town halls, [and] dont take a dime in corporate cash.\"<\/p>\n
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\"You are bankrolled by corporate PACs [Political Action Committees], Big Ag, and Oil,\" AOC continued. \"[You] are too scared to hold regular town halls open to all.\"<\/p>\n
Boebert fired back in a tweet early the following day.<\/p>\n
\"I have governed as I campaigned. You sold out your supporters,\" said the Coloradan.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 08: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-CO, attends a House Second Amendment Caucus press conference at the U.S. Capitol on June 08, 2022 in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n
\"I notice you took a screenshot of my tweet instead of sharing the original one with the video of you getting completely ripped to shreds by your own constituents,\" she added.<\/p>\n
\"Just own it. Youre the machine now,\" Boebert also said.<\/p>\n
AOC ROASTED ON TWITTER AFTER BEING HECKLED BY ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS AT HER TOWN HALL<\/p>\n
Videos from Ocasio-Cortezs original town hall show several people in the audience heckling her and accusing her of pushing the ongoing fighting between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n
\"You voted to send arms to Ukraine,\" one person at the town hall can be heard yelling to the Democrat.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 08: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol December 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. <\/p>\n
\"You ran as an outsider, yet youve been voting to start this war in Ukraine. Youre voting to start a third nuclear war with Russia and China,\" another shouts.<\/p>\n
AOC took to Twitter to address some of these criticisms, including comments from others claiming she was using her office to increase her net worth.<\/p>\n
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\"My financial disclosures are public. I still owe ~$18k in student loans. Not everything on the internet is true,\" she wrote.<\/p>\n
Boebert, a vocal Trump supporter, was sworn into office last year and has since become an outspoken critic of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders.<\/p>\n
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