New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who dismissed her and other progressives who voted against their chamber’s bill to send $4.6 billion in emergency aid to the U.S. southern border.

“All these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world,” Pelosi said, according to the New York Times. “But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people and that’s how many votes they got.”

“That public ‘whatever’ is called public sentiment,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Saturday. “And wielding the power to shift it is how we actually achieve meaningful change in this country.”

“I find it strange when members act as though social media isn’t important,” added the political newcomer whose social media savvy helped propel her prominence and eventually an upsetting victory against an establishment Democrat in the 2016 midterms. Read more

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Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives\Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives

Ocasio-Cortez responds after Pelosi dismisses young House progressives