AOC denounces Rep. Lauren Boebert’s comments that gun laws wouldn’t stop ‘evil’ shooters
AOC isn’t buying the “can’t outlaw evil” excuse for America’s epidemic of gun violence.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) denounced pro-gun Rep. Lauren Boebert on Wednesday for suggesting that gun laws wouldn’t prevent mass shootings like the bloody school massacre in Uvalde, Texas.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. (left) and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo. (right)
“Why even be in Congress if you don’t believe in doing your job?” AOC tweeted. “Just quit and let someone who actually gives a damn do it.”
Why even be in Congress if you don’t believe in doing your job?
Just quit and let someone who actually gives a damn do it instead of acting like a useless piece of furniture when babies are shot with AR15s that we let teen boys impulse buy before they can legally have a beer. https://t.co/f9rdJ40kEJ— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 25, 2022
The progressive firebrand was responding to Boebert’s tweet that “you cannot legislate away evil.” AOC accused the outspoken supporter of former President Trump of “acting like a useless piece of furniture” instead of acting against gun violence.
Elected Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert happily gave her children guns for Christmas. That is show she celebrated the birth of our Lord. We need to stop electing murderers like her. #GunControl #GunViolence #RepublicansAreTheProblem pic.twitter.com/L8kuXMD6ej
— Republicans for Democracy (@BlakeJo41469670) May 25, 2022
“Babies are shot with AR15s (because) we let teen boys impulse buy before they can legally have a beer,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, naming the model of weapon that has been used in many recent mass shootings.
Boebert is an ardent supporter of gun rights. She made headlines last year for posing for a Christmas photo with her family, including her young sons, brandishing semi-automatic weapons.