Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezHouse passes bill to avert shutdown Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' The Memo: Dems face balancing act on SCOTUS fight MORE (D-N.Y.) on Friday blasted a conservative journalist who called her a "bitch" in a Twitter post.

Ocasio-Cortez was responding to Michael Moates, who quote-tweeted Ocasio-Cortez earlier Friday, saying that “there is a new standard in Congress. Bitches will subpoena you if you troll them.”

The 29-year-old Democrat fired back at Moates on Twitter.

Wow! A Republican journalist calling me the B-word as he deliberately misinterprets my statement.



Awesome job. How many female leaders have you covered in your career? I’m sure your coverage was very fair and not subconsciously biased at all. https://t.co/FZOsVY92EP — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 7, 2018

The back-and-forth between Ocasio-Cortez and Moates stems from Ocasio-Cortez hitting back at Donald Trump Jr. Don John Trump'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic requests pardon from Trump: 'Be my hero please' Zaid Jilani discusses Trump's move to cancel racial sensitivity training at federal agencies Trump International Hotel in Vancouver closes permanently MORE for making fun of her. Trump Jr. posted a meme on Instagram picturing her that implied socialists eat dogs.

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The self-described democratic socialist ripped Trump Jr. in a Twitter post, mocking his “very, very large brain” and reminding him that she will be part of a Democratic majority in the House next year that will have subpoena power over President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE, which prompted Moates’s tweet about the “new standard in Congress.”

Moates followed up with more tweets, saying the "house should consider expelling her" for "an abuse of power."

.@DonaldJTrumpJr is a good man and the fact that @Ocasio2018 wants to abuse her power once she becomes a congresswoman is sad. It's an abuse of power and the house should consider expelling her if she does.



cc: @NancyPelosi — Michael Moates ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@freedom_moates) December 7, 2018

Alexandra Ocasio Cortez is no victim. She is batshit crazy. — Michael Moates ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@freedom_moates) December 7, 2018

Ocasio-Cortez has not shied away from Twitter battles, frequently getting into it with Fox News over its coverage of her, as well as prominent Republicans, such as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who critique her and her progressive policies.

According to Moates's Twitter bio, he is chairman of conservative news outlet The DC Chronicle and a doctoral student at Fielding University.