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U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., abruptly halted a Twitter debate with newcomer Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York early Sunday morning after at least three commenters made references to the June 2017 shooting in which Scalise and three other people were shot by a left-wing activist.
“snipe his a--,” one Twitter user wrote, in support of Ocasio-Cortez. (The user later denied that the post was a call for political violence, writing, "not seeing any violence there sorry" and telling Fox News it referred only to a verbal "sniping.")
“she’s got better aim than James Hodgkinson, that’s for sure,” another wrote, comparing Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitter responses to the marksmanship of the suspect in the Virginia shooting, a Bernie Sanders supporter who later died in a shootout with police.
GOP’s Steve Scalise shuts down Twitter debate on taxes with Ocasio-Cortez after ‘radical followers’ allude to Virginia shooting
Perhaps some of our lefties here would like to condemn these remarks. Oh, excuse me, being a leftie means not ever saying you're sorry.
When asked by co-host Brian Kilmeade if he had received a phone call from AOC, Scalise flatly said that he had not. When pressed, Scalise added that he wished that Ms. Ocasio-Cortez would “stand up to this kind of discussion.”
“If you have to threaten people to make your point, you have already lost”
But then why should she? She likely agrees with the sentiment.