Not only does Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spend a good portion of every day tweeting: she also seems to follow every far-left account out there, introducing us to some we’d never heard of … but she reads them and retweets them to her massive following.

On Tuesday she was retweeting a piece from The Leap which has convinced her that the reason the far-right is drumming up resistance to immigration is that it would force them to confront the reason for so much migration: climate change.

And we thought it was all racism.

The far-right loves to drum up fear & resistance to immigrants. But have you ever noticed they never talk about what‘s causing people to flee their homes in the first place? Perhaps that’s bc they’d be forced to confront 1 major factor fueling global migration: Climate change. https://t.co/zyJzTjEgHt — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 9, 2019

So all of the migrants at the southern border are going to argue in court that they’re seeking asylum from climate change? Isn’t climate change kind of a global thing? From what we’ve been told, the United States is going to suffer mightily from climate change, so don’t come here!

Honestly, how many seconds do you think Ocasio-Cortez waits between seeing a lefty headline and hitting retweet?

It's not the wars, violence, or socialist policies that ruin the economy. It's climate change. https://t.co/rS92DqZutL — Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) April 10, 2019

We’ve been lied to this whole time.

I dont believe climate change is a legitimate asylum request — Kevin (@kevinpost) April 9, 2019

Oh yes, crooked goverments are a result of climate change? Crack is whack. — PHusted (@Penwah) April 10, 2019

I wonder if any of these asylum seekers actually say they are fleeing climate change. — Rusty Weiss ??? (@rustyweiss74) April 10, 2019

I dont believe climate change is a legitimate asylum request — Kevin (@kevinpost) April 9, 2019

Everyone who disagrees with you is hateful. Maybe because they can't come up with genius statements like blaming illegal immigration on weather. — Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) April 9, 2019

Huh? You actually think “climate change” is causing this influx of immigrants? Not a corrupt government run by socialists letting them starve, or cartels that are murdering everyone? They’re not drawn here with the promise of welfare by Dems? You think it’s MF “climate change?” — Mindy Robinson ?? (@iheartmindy) April 10, 2019

Last I checked immigrants are primarily leaving socialist regimes that have failed or are failing. — Jesse Sutton (@jsutton1011) April 9, 2019

She’s certainly not going to blame socialism.

Or socialism — Kevin Bradford (@sharkbaittx73) April 10, 2019

No, they are fleeing corrupt governments, which are inevitable when they become too large. Your policies will turn the US into a country that would need to be ran from rather than ran to. — TheCarston (@TheCarston) April 10, 2019

Alexa , what’s the dumbest thing I could say today ? — ????? ???? ??? (@HonkyTonkJew) April 9, 2019

100% had to do a double take before responding making sure this wasn't the @AOCpress account. It can be hard to tell the diffrence. — Matthew Cummer (@matthewcummer5) April 9, 2019

I honestly feel dumber for reading that post — TT (@Tommy_T187) April 9, 2019

I want to hear one specific example of an individual/family fleeing their country of origin due to climate change. And I'm talking humans, not polar bears. This is absurd. — Kyle Flanagan (@flantastic83) April 9, 2019

If it was climate change, which you argue is global, then, to where could they flee?! ??‍♂️ — Darrell B. Harrison (@D_B_Harrison) April 10, 2019

Yup…its so hot everyone is moving to the US for their AC. — Kim Becker (@CICKB) April 9, 2019

You could have said war or even the drug war and so many would have been there with you, but climate change? — Paul Gessing (@pgessing) April 9, 2019

Thinking it's way more about economic insecurity and violence. Climate change is the least of their concerns. — Alex Zelinski (@A_Zelinski) April 10, 2019

Uh no not quite. The number one thing causing people to flee their homeland is war and conflict next would be poverty but I don't expect you to be honest especially when pushing something as idiotic as the Green New Disaster. — The Non-Conformist (@JBurt73) April 9, 2019

This is beyond parody. — Steven Polanco (@sjp2010) April 10, 2019

Climate change? And all this time I thought it was because of all the violence. Wow, I didn't want to believe the things that others were saying about you were true but you just proved them right. — Michael Donovan (@Michael48517354) April 10, 2019

Thank you, AOC. Because of your stunning insight into all things political & scientific, I’m finally ready to confront the fact that immigrants who are flooding our southern border are fleeing countries that are MORE agriculturally productive—primarily because of climate change. — Patrick Luscri (@warbyrd66) April 10, 2019

I was going to say socialism, but sure, "climate change." — Jeff R (@JacketbyBerth) April 10, 2019

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