Socialist firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez causes a stir by comparing immigrants at the border to baby JESUS in Christmas tweet
Congressmember-Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez riled up Twitter on Tuesday
Cortez wished followers a ‘holiday filled with happiness, family, and love for all’
But she also tweeted wishes to ‘refugee babies in mangers + their parents’
She later addressed ‘anti-immigrant pundits uncomfortable with and denying that Christ’s family were refugees’ by sharing an article about the story of Christ
Twitter users lashed out saying she wasn’t intelligent and was using Christmas to push her political views
The New York politician has vowed to fight for US economic + social justice
By LEAH SIMPSON
DAILYMAIL.COM
26 December 2018
New York Congress member-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came under fire on Tuesday for comparing modern-day refugees to Jesus Christ.
The 29-year-old Bronx woman, who takes office on January 3, was heavily criticized on Twitter in response to a post where she sent holiday wishes to everyone and made sure not to leave out those fleeing violence and war in their home countries.
She wrote: ‘Joy to the World! Merry Christmas everyone – here’s to a holiday filled with happiness, family, and love for all people. (Including refugee babies in mangers + their parents.)’
Her tweet evoked the story of Jesus Christ being born in a manger on the day that much of the world has chosen to celebrate on December 25.
But the comment in parenthesis didn’t seem to go down well with many of her approximate 1.64million followers on the microblogging site.
Some of those who caught wind of her comparison of displaced people to the son of God, the Virgin Mary and her husband Joseph.
Social media users insisted that Jesus was not a refugee when he was born in Bethlehem, and said as the story goes, the family was traveling back to Joseph’s home because a Census had been called.
Those who do not agree with the politician’s views claimed the religious reference was a political move.
One person tweeted: ‘I still cannot comprehend the depth to which your lies could go and your blatant misrepresentation of facts. Joseph and Mary were not refugees; they returned to Bethlehem for a census as required by their law.’
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