As the darling of the Democratic socialists was introducing herself to roughly 200 at Co-Op City in The Bronx Saturday, about 10 people stood up and began singing hymns.
As the darling of the Democratic socialist was introducing herself to roughly 200 at Co-Op City in the Bronx on Saturday, about 10 people stood up and began singing hymns.
Some held signs with slogans like “Negotiation not annihilation” and “Stop sending weapons to Ukraine.” “We always support everyone’s First Amendment rights here and everyone has the complete right to political expression,” Ocasio-Cortez later told the audience.at a town hall meeting over the conflict in Ukraine, including by one man who accused her of “voting to start a nuclear war.”
Ocasio-Cortez voted in favor of sending $40 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine last year.
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