Daily Caller: American veterans Silvio Mazzella and Anthony Vitaliano confirmed Sunday that they did, in fact, walk out of a meeting with Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Silvio Mazzella, 74, a Vietnam War veteran, and Army veteran Anthony Vitaliano, 78, appeared on “Fox & Friends” following claims from Ocasio-Cortez spokesman Corbin Trent that only one person left the meeting. “The only person that left the meeting while it was underway was someone who had to go pick up their children,” Trent said.
“It was a prepared agenda for the — let’s put in this way, she is our congresswoman from January, we haven’t seen her in our area until May 28, Tuesday at 5:30. Everybody else in the United States has seen her except her own district,” Vitaliano said, noting that the intent of the meeting was to address local issues.
But then one board member, a Yemeni immigrant who is now a U.S. citizen, brought up the civil war that is ongoing in Yemen, and Ocasio-Cortez responded by blaming American actions in the area for the unrest.
“That’s what started me off. Her comment was that it’s ‘American bombs,’” Vitaliano added.
“That’s insulting,” Mazzella agreed.
“I heard that, ‘American bombs.’ In my head, I say to myself, ‘what about the Iranian bullets and Iranian bombs? Aren’t they killing people, too?’”
Mazzella argued that Ocasio-Cortez’s comments reminded him of the protests he faced when he first returned from war.
“Didn’t feel good,” he said. “‘It reminds me when I came home from ‘Nam and we had the protesters here. You know that’s not the way to treat people.”
Vitaliano said that Ocasio-Cortez had also referred to President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “two clones,” and not in a positive manner. Read more/ Watch
Who would go to hear her in the first place?
This stupid bitch is obviously another Manchurian candidate like that kenyan skidmark was. I hope people will open their eyes.
Are these Veteran’s Democrats? If they are, then they shouldn’t expect any respect from the bartender. They were wrong for being there in the first place. I don’t have respect for them being there. /just saying
Golden–I agree, no, but at least they exposed this incident publicly.
She’s being paraded around and covered 24/7 because so many people want a glimpse of the oddity that has people so curious.
The last time we witnessed this storm of interest was a couple years back when all the stir was a talking chimpanzee from Kenya.
A great example of most Democrats.
Her big mouth runs her entire existence.
@John: I think it’s her stupidity and the fact that a 10 year old can mock her and become a youtube/twitter sensation!
@dee – true, but IMHO I don’t know why any veteran or military person would vote for a Democrat. It goes against my patriotism for this country.
Sooner or later, Sandy will have to go hat in hand to beg for crumbs for her district. If she doesn’t bring home the bacon, she is done. And no amount of telling her constituents that bacon is bad for them is going to save her. She might want to study how her fellow NYC reps get reelected, instead of studying ways to Primary them for being insufficiently Marxist.
Tonight only: Cortezal VS. The Pencinator at President Big Fur Hats Big Fur Palace!
Oh, no, no, no! You shouldn’t have taken her LITERALLY! You just don’t understand her ironic sense of humor!
If you consider yourself a Vet and voted for AOC.. Then you ARE part of the problem and you got what you asked for..