pianogonzology: Again . . .

Friday, August 28, 2020

. . . a few facts never hurt anyone . . .

(from https://www-nydailynews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-puerto-rico-aoc-kim-guilfoyle-republican-20200825-y2sqqdc7wbae7ajrqbtt3utpiq-story.html?outputType=amp&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D&amp_js_v=0.1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fny-puerto-rico-aoc-kim-guilfoyle-republican-20200825-y2sqqdc7wbae7ajrqbtt3utpiq-story.html)". . . “The woman the GOP picked as their ‘proud’ Latina ... didn’t seem to know that Puerto Rico is already part of the United States,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning. . . .AOC, a firebrand lawmaker with roots on the island, noted that Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens by birthright for more than a century. . . She slammed Guilfoyle for backing the Republican portrayal of Latino Americans — and Puerto Ricans in particular—- as foreigners in the land of their birth. . . “It reflects their belief that Latinos aren’t real citizens,” wrote Ocasio-Cortez, who is cruising to reelection for a second term representing chunks of Queens and the Bronx. . .Guilfoyle, a former Fox News personality and prosecutor, got low marks for her Monday speech that she shouted into the camera even though there was no live audience. . ."