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Source: Washington Post
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday defended her treatment of four liberal freshman lawmakers, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has accused her of targeting newly elected women of color through a series of public remarks dismissing their political influence inside the House.
Pelosi refused to respond directly to Ocasio-Cortezs accusation at a Thursday news conference but said she had to speak out to defend her moderate members after Ocasio-Cortezs top aide accused them of racist actions.
Our members took offense at that. I addressed that. How theyre interpreting and carrying it to another place is up to them, but Im not going to be discussing it any further, Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters.
Saikat Chakrabarti, Ocasio-Cortezs chief of staff, referred to moderate Democratic groups in a tweet last month as New Southern Democrats who are hell bent to do to black and brown people today what the old Southern Democrats did in the 40s.
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