Newcomer Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., whose short career in Congress already is marked by outlandish proposals such as providing income for people unwilling to work, has another.
This time she’s insisting on subpoenas for certain members of the Trump administration with security clearances because she fears they will be “putting nuclear codes in Instagram DMs.”
The Democratic-led House Oversight Committee meeting centered on the granting of clearances to staffers against the recommendation of longtime Washington insiders.
“We are getting reports from the press and from a wide variety of sources that indicate that, you know, that, that people, you know, folks are suggesting that we are conducting foreign relations with folks with securities clearances via whatsapp,” she charged.
“Every day that we go on without getting to the bottom of this matter is a day that we are putting hundreds if not potentially thousands of Americans at risk. I mean, really, what is next, putting nuclear codes in Instagram DMs?!? This is ridiculous,” the Democrat said.
She said the administration is “not cooperating,” so Congress needs to issue subpoenas.
.@RepAOC @AOC: "Every day that we go on without getting to the bottom of this matter is a day that we are putting hundreds if not potentially thousands of Americans at risk. I mean, really, what is next, putting nuclear codes in Instagram DMs?!? This is ridiculous." pic.twitter.com/EkTPWbwIn4
— CSPAN (@cspan) April 2, 2019
On Twitter, her diatribe immediately brought a response referencing Democrat Hillary Clinton’s unpunished use of a private email server to transmit classified information.
“Kind of like having an unsecured email server in your bathroom,” tweeted Irredeemable Bill.