cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33487836
By MEE staff
Published date: 21 July 2025 21:11 BSTThe New York lawmaker voted against an amendment by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene last week that sought to block $500m in Congress’ annual defence spending bill for Israel’s Iron Dome programme.
Fellow Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar [as well as Democrats Al Green of Texas, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Republican Thomas Massie of Kentucky - PL] had supported Taylor Greene’s amendment, which eventually lost in a 422-6 vote.
In a post on X on Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez claimed that Greene’s amendment did “nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza”.
I would say the same for you given that MGT’s intensions are more likely to create a smear campaign than defend any particular ideology. And it is a good one I will give her that, whether or not AOC voted yes or no for this, she would be able to stoke a smear campaign one way or the other.
To be frank, I don’t think she has any particular ideology that she is attached to anyway, it is more like there are some ideologies that she uses as a tool.