As Twitchy reported Friday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among those ridiculing Fox News correspondent Lawrence B. Jones, who reported from the border and wore a bulletproof vest which he says was at the request of Border Patrol agents. Ocasio-Cortez suggested he’d snagged the bulletproof vest from Party City and that Fox News was “doing the most on a budget to make the border look more dangerous than it is.”

Then leftist propaganda channel NowThis News featured Jones’ segment with his “tiny protective vest,” which caught the attention of freelance reporter Rebecca Aguilar:

And this is why I love @nowthisnews yes!

Thx @tristan_claudia for being the first to call out Hannity's "talking head" @LawrenceBJones3 Guess his "protection" made him look like a coward on the border. Lawrence you can try to "play" reporter but your revealed U are far from it https://t.co/VSNRg9kNbw — Rebecca Aguilar (@RebeccaAguilar) April 6, 2019

Jones didn’t let Ocasio-Cortez go unanswered, and he burned Aguilar pretty badly — she’s the one who needed protective gear.

Hey Rebecca. I'm from Dallas & I think I remember Fox 4 firing you for your fake reporting. https://t.co/KwovkZyhEx — Lawrence Jones III (@LawrenceBJones3) April 6, 2019

??? — Charlotte King (@kingchar12) April 6, 2019

Cold as ice — CPT Obvious (@a146esb) April 6, 2019

Damn. She got body-bagged. — Ryan Smyth (@RyanSmyth7) April 6, 2019

I am here for all of this — Jeremy Avery (@therealjavery) April 6, 2019

Thank you for your honest reporting Lawrence. Loved your report on Hannity show. — LLee (@Lnorcross1) April 6, 2019

Oh, and it looks like Jones remembered correctly:

Was it for harassing this old man?https://t.co/xrKDW31nBD — Rev. Matthew Codd (@mmcodd) April 7, 2019

Of course she was. Drummed out of town for her incompetence. — Scott Shelton (@gsshelton) April 7, 2019

Yup. FIRED. Boy, she's a real piece of work.https://t.co/oPui5SUYHe — LTC Hunter (@LTC_Hunter) April 7, 2019

Not just FIRED, but a jury AGREED her FIRING was justified.https://t.co/tZaC2LlrB8 — LTC Hunter (@LTC_Hunter) April 7, 2019

“Social media columnist” ????aren’t we all? — LisaLee,MS Nutrition (@LisaLeeM) April 7, 2019

That's gonna leave a mark. — Doris Daylight (@DorisDaylight1) April 7, 2019

Ouch that one stung! — USMCCLNC (@JVP409) April 7, 2019

Wait, she came back for more …

Lawrence yep I was fired & am woman enough to admit it. But a #POC sell out like you would never understand because you're a puppet for Fox News. I refuse to be.

You "play" a reporter, but this week you proved you will never be one of us. Garland High school must be so proud. — Rebecca Aguilar (@RebeccaAguilar) April 6, 2019

Why’d you get fired? — 82Brew (@rodgers_jeff) April 6, 2019

FYI , I've worked at seven TV stations & have covered the border. Never had to push the fear agenda 4 anyone. I have 50 awards for my journalism. Guess you didn't want to bring that up did you. And you have "talking head" jobs at The Blaze & Hannity. Real credible. — Rebecca Aguilar (@RebeccaAguilar) April 6, 2019

Wow, we’d bet not even Dan Rather has that many awards, and we know how credible he is.

Except for that whole ambush of a 70-year-old robbery victim thing… — Riley Fowler (@Riley_Fowler13) April 6, 2019

Says a person fired for lying…. — john o (@zenoc_oshits) April 7, 2019

"Freelance reporter" aka 'nobody will hire me'.

And they shouldn't. — ??⚾ Dodgers Baseball Snarky ⚾?? (@michaelsnarky) April 7, 2019

I see you’re doing freelance fake news now, Rebecca. Are you still badgering elderly crime victims now that you have copious amounts of free time? — Micah G.®️ (@triznips23) April 7, 2019

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