Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez believes Christians should back her recent credit card interest rate cap because she says the bible prohibits usury.

'Usury - aka high interest - happens to be explicitly denounced in the Bible (& in many other religions),' Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Thursday night.

'Looking forward to having the religious right uphold their principles + sign onto my bill. Unless of course they're only invoking religion to punish women + queer people,' she continued.

The representative from New York says that current credit card interest rates are unethical because they unfairly enrich the lender, a practice known as usury.

Although she did not mention any specific passages, in the second chapter of the Bible, Exodus, it states, that if someone lends money to someone else, they should not lay interest on the borrower.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that Christians should back her recent credit card interest rate cap because she claims the bible prohibits usury

The freshman representative says she is 'looking forward to having the religious right uphold their principles'

Appearing alongside Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the two proposed legislation last week that would cap credit card interest rates at 15 per cent, which Ocasio-Cortez says is still high

Ocasio-Cortez, and independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, jointly introduced legislation that would cap credit card interest rates at 15 per cent, a substantial decrease from some of the highest interest rates that could reach upwards of 30 and 40 per cent.

Current interest rates averages around 19 - 20 per cent, according to several different analyses.

The proposal from the two progressive lawmakers was introduced last Thursday at noon in a live video posted on social media.

'There is no reason a person should pay more than 15% interest in the United States,' Ocasio-Cortez, who identifies as a Democratic socialist, wrote on Twitter before the video went live.

'It's common sense - in fact, we had these Usury laws until the 70s. (Max interest rates are record-high for ppl with excellent credit, too.) It's a debt trap for working people + it has to end,' she continued.

In her Friday tweet, Ocasio-Cortez is calling on Christians to 'uphold their principles' when it comes to usury, and made reference to Christians recently pushing for more restrictive abortion laws in some states.

Alabama passed legislation this week that would punish doctors with life in prison if they performed abortions unless 'abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious health risk' to the mother.

It reclassifies abortion as a Class A felony.

Other states, Georgia, Ohio, Mississippi, Kentucky, Iowa and North Dakota, have passed 'fetal heartbeat' laws, which prohibit abortions after a heartbeat can be detected.

This usually occurs around six to eight weeks, and Ocasio-Cortez noted that sometimes a woman doesn't even know she has conceived at this point in her pregnancy.