Ocasio-Cortez: McCarthy should apologize to migrant children separated from their parents
Source: The Hill
BY JOHN BOWDEN - 06/21/19 12:25 PM EDT
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) fired back at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday after McCarthy demanded that she apologize to U.S. officials and the world for comparing migrant detention facilities operated by the U.S. government to concentration camps.
Asked by a reporter on Capitol Hill about the controversy, the congresswoman said that it was McCarthy who should apologize for defending the conditions in the detention centers, as well as for suggesting that she was comparing the facilities to Nazi death camps.
"Well, I think he should apologize for the deliberate conflation and attack on these terms," Ocasio-Cortez said of the dispute. "I think he should apologize for the conditions that he's supporting on the border."
“He should apologize to the children that have been separated from their parents,” she continued. "He should apologize for his support for widespread human rights abuses."
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