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© Getty Perdue, Ocasio-Cortez spar on Twitter over Georgia racesSen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) sparred Saturday over the upcoming Georgia Senate runoffs, with the progressive congresswoman urging Democrats to turn out to vote and the GOP senator pushing the liberal firebrand to go to Georgia and campaign in person.
The back-and-forth began after Ocasio-Cortez this week encouraged supporters in Georgia to vote for the two Democrats running in the Jan. 5 runoffs in order to help the party secure a Senate majority and advance progressive priorities such as a $15 minimum wage and expanded access to health care.
Perdue shared a report about Ocasio-Cortez's remarks, adding, 'Our offer still stands - come on down to Georgia, we'll buy your ticket!'
The GOP senator had urged the progressive lawmaker to visit the state last month and campaign for his Democratic opponent, Jon Ossoff, telling Fox News then, 'I want to buy her ticket. I want her to come.'
.@AOC, our offer still stands - come on down to Georgia, we'll buy your ticket!https://t.co/tH3cxGlqGw
- David Perdue (@Perduesenate) December 12, 2020Ocasio-Cortez fired back on Saturday in a tweet referencing scrutiny Perdue has faced this year surrounding his stock trades during the coronavirus pandemic, something Democrats have hoped will sway the race in favor of Ossoff.
'And what money are you going to buy that ticket with, Perdue? The curiously 'well-timed' stocks you've cashed in on while in office?' Ocasio-Cortez wrote.
And what money are you going to buy that ticket with, Perdue?
The curiously 'well-timed' stocks you've cashed in on while in office? https://t.co/oRqNuCQj7P
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 12, 2020The Georgia senator pushed back, writing, 'I thought 'free' stuff was your thing?'
'Either way, I'm in Georgia talking to voters. We'd love to have you,' he added.
I thought 'free' stuff was your thing?
Either way, I'm in Georgia talking to voters. We'd love to have you. https://t.co/PCx28jVJzB
- David Perdue (@Perduesenate) December 12, 2020Ocasio-Cortez has been campaigning in support of Georgia Democrats over the past several weeks, with her team reporting raising more than $600,000 for outside groups seeking to elect Ossoff and fellow Democratic Senate candidate the Rev. Raphael Warnock, according to Politico.
Additionally, other members of 'the squad' of progressive congresswomen - Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) - have reportedly worked to boost Muslim voter turnout in the state, including with robocalls, the newspaper reported.
Neither Ossoff nor Warnock backs 'Medicare for All,' a top priority among those in the party's liberal wing such as Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Still, progressives have joined efforts to boost the Georgia Democrats as part of a push by Democrats to secure a Senate majority and thereby total control of Congress.
'Bernie Sanders wants there to be a Democratic Senate. If we're going to see any progress on Joe Biden's pro-worker economic proposals, we need to have a Democratic Senate,' Jeff Weaver, Sanders's longtime adviser, told Politico.
Democrats would need to win both Senate races in order to hold a majority in the Senate, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris casting tiebreaking votes. However, Republicans would maintain their narrow majority if at least one of the Georgia GOP candidates, Perdue or Sen. Kelly Loeffler, pulls out a win.
© Greg Nash GOP congressman demands Ocasio-Cortez apologize following Twitter exchange with CruzRep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Thursday demanded Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) apologize for comments she made slamming Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Twitter earlier in the day.
In a letter addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Roy said that it had 'come to his attention' that the interaction between Cruz and Ocasio-Cortez had taken place.
'It has come to my attention that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sent out a tweet a few hours ago in which she accused Senator Ted Cruz, in essence, of attempted murder,' Roy, who previously served as Cruz's chief of staff, wrote.
'As a member of this body who disagreed with 'objections' to the electors and who has expressed publicly my concerns about the events leading to January 6th, it is completely unacceptable behavior for a Member of Congress to make this kind of scurrilous charge against another member in the House or Senate for simply engaging in speech and debate regarding electors as they interpreted the Constitution,' he continued.
'I ask you to call on her to immediately apologize and retract her comments.'
Cruz and Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) were among several Republicans in the Senate who led an effort to object to the 2020 election results when Congress convened to certify President Biden's win. Critics of the lawmakers' actions argue that their effort was one of the factors that led to the Capitol riot that ensued the same day.
In addition, large swaths of the House GOP joined efforts to object to 2020 election results. Roy was among a minority of GOP House members who did not join the challenge.
Ocasio-Cortez earlier Thursday slammed Cruz after he co-signed her condemnation of stock-trading app Robinhood halting trading of GameStop stocks after a number of Reddit users targeted the stock.
Fully agree. https://t.co/rW38zfLYGh
- Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 28, 2021'I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there's common ground, but you almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out,' Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response. 'Happy to work w/ almost any other GOP that aren't trying to get me killed. In the meantime if you want to help, you can resign.
I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there's common ground, but you almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out.
Happy to work w/ almost any other GOP that aren't trying to get me killed.
In the meantime if you want to help, you can resign. https://t.co/4mVREbaqqm
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 28, 2021At least one participant in the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol reportedly made violent threats against Ocasio-Cortez specifically.
Roy concluded the letter stating that if Ocasio-Cortez did not apologize for her words there would be other measures pursued to condemn her statement.
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'If Representative Ocasio-Cortez does not apologize immediately, we will be forced to find alternative means to condemn this regrettable statement,' Roy, wrote in a letter to Pelosi on Thursday.
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The Hill has reached out to Ocasio-Cortez's office for comment.