Dana Mathewson

As we have always known, the Left has a keen taste for its own and will eat one of them at the drop of a hat -- or a word. As its shiny new toy just learned.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did a very nice thing Saturday, tweeting out a heartfelt tribute to the late Senator John McCain, whom she called "an unparalleled example of human decency and American service."

John McCain’s legacy represents an unparalleled example of human decency and American service.

As an intern, I learned a lot about the power of humanity in government through his deep friendship with Sen. Kennedy.

He meant so much, to so many. My prayers are with his family. https://t.co/iu28V3snDm

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) August 26, 2018

 

Being (mostly) a political amateur in a severely partisan social media landscape, Ocasio-Cortez probably should have known that praise for a member of the opposing party wouldn't be received by her progressive colleagues as a collegial olive branch extended in the spirit of McCain's "Maverick" reputation, but rather as an open invitation to question her progressive bona fides.

Things got heated, as leftists roasted Ocasio-Cortez from straying from the party line and daring to suggest anyone right of Karl Marx might have had some good ideas.

What follows at this point is actually a small sample of the tiny-minded carping tweets of Leftists complaining. I will leave it to you to go to the article to read them (link provided below).

To Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's credit, she takes it in stride.

Maybe this gal's tougher than we think.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/35083/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-praised-john-mccain-then-emily-zanotti

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at August 29, 2018 06:46 AM (VB0kw)

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