Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez returned fire at Sen. Lindsey Graham Monday after the Republican senator suggested she brush up on her WWII history.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, had sparked criticism earlier Monday after she compared the migrant caravan trying to cross the U.S. southern border to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany.

Asking to be considered a refugee & applying for status isn’t a crime.



It wasn’t for Jewish families fleeing Germany.

It wasn’t for targeted families fleeing Rwanda.

It wasn’t for communities fleeing war-torn Syria.

And it isn’t for those fleeing violence in Central America. https://t.co/qhv7Rr1itn — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) November 25, 2018

Mr. Graham, who supported President Trump’s decision to close the border Sunday amid clashes between migrants and border patrol agents, tweeted that Ms. Ocasio-Cortez should visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington before making such a statement.

I recommend she take a tour of the Holocaust Museum in DC.



Might help her better understand the differences between the Holocaust and the caravan in Tijuana. https://t.co/05vCexiClE — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) November 26, 2018

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, who suggested that case workers be sent to the border to deal with the caravan instead of armed troops, fired back in a tweet arguing that authoritarianism and violence are a “growing force” in the country.

.@LindseyGrahamSC, the point of such a treasured museum is to bring its lessons to present day.



This administration has jailed children and violated human rights. Perhaps we should stop pretending that authoritarianism + violence is a historical event instead of a growing force. https://t.co/aGJMrPTqNT — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) November 27, 2018

She also issued a snarky tweet referencing the South Carolina Republican’s comment last month saying it would be “terrible” if he had Iranian DNA in an apparent joke about Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Native American ancestry. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez suggested Mr. Graham visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which is also in Washington.

While we’re recommending museums @LindseyGrahamSC, I heard your “joke” about ethnic DNA preferences last month.



Perhaps you would enjoy a visit (or revisit) to the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture (@NMAAHC). It’s a great educational experience.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez also retweeted a message posted Monday by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland, which stated that the Holocaust was a gradual escalation of violence that “developed from words, stereotypes & prejudice.”

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