Democratic Rep. 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 (N.Y.) shut down an audience member who called a former GOP lawmaker a "moron" at an MSNBC town hall on Friday.

Ocasio-Cortez appeared alongside former GOP Rep. Bob Inglis (S.C.) on the network for a panel discussion about her proposed Green New Deal and other progressive issues.

During one portion of the town hall, Inglis, who has said he believes in climate change, expressed concerns about having "the mirror image of a Trump rally on climate change."

"I worry that what we do is if we have basically the mirror image of a Trump rally on climate change, that we drive all the people away that could come our way and solve this thing now," he said, prompting an audible reaction from the audience.

"Hey, that's unacceptable": Rep. Ocasio-Cortez responds to audience member who called fmr. Rep. Inglis a "moron" during #AOCAllIn pic.twitter.com/tcIQC1OtAa — MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 30, 2019

Inglis, who left in the House in 2011, suggested that Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives focus solely on climate change now before coming back to address other issues such as health care and universal basic income.

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"You can’t do it in a single Congress, the entire Green New Deal," he said. "It is literally impossible with the number of committee references that you would have in the course of that."

"Is it possible that we say, climate change … we’ve got to act now?" he said. "Can we come back maybe to universal basic income a little bit later?"

Some audience members loudly booed Inglis, with one person calling him a "moron."

"Hey! That’s unacceptable," Ocasio-Cortez responded to the audience member before turning to Inglis and adding, "That’s the difference between me and Trump."

She later shared the clip on Twitter, writing, "Let's debate, not debase."

Some Republicans have compared Ocasio-Cortez to 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 because of her social media use and habit of responding directly to the press and her critics, comparisons that she and her allies have deemed "absurd."

The MSNBC town hall comes after the Senate blocked the Green New Deal in a vote this week that saw most Democrats voting present. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Senate GOP aims to confirm Trump court pick by Oct. 29: report Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes MORE (R-Ky.) forced a vote on the proposal in an effort to test Democrats’ unity on the topic.

But at the MSNBC event on Friday, Ocasio-Cortez outlined her plans to push forward with a sweeping effort to address climate change through legislation.

"I didn't expect them to make total fools of themselves," she said of GOP critics of the plan, which she maintains is not socialist or radical.

Updated: 10:10 p.m.