Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is using her perch as a Member of Congress to call for a boycott of the New York Post over its cover last week criticizing fellow Dem Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota:

Ocasio-Cortez backs boycott of New York Post over cover attacking Ilhan Omar https://t.co/sDxvZlg5v2 pic.twitter.com/ASv5alKKhL — Yahoo News (@YahooNews) April 17, 2019

AOC’s trying to spin it as not personally calling for the boycott, but amplifying those around her calling for the boycott, which is as incoherent as everything else she says:

Whaaaa?@AOC – “And also I think it is important to, to assert that I didn't call for a boycott of the New York Post… I'm amplifying organizing that's happening on the ground, and I, I do think that there's a substantive difference between the two.” https://t.co/kPZSM2xToG — Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) April 17, 2019

Notably, she’s trying to hurt a business in her hometown:

I'm not calling for a boycott. I'm just supportively sharing calls for boycott. — neontaster (@neontaster) April 17, 2019

Exit question: What would Brian Stelter and all the other alleged media watchdogs out there say if the president adopted this language?

This formula would be great for @realDonaldTrump!

“I think it is important to assert that I didn't call for a boycott of the failing New York Times… I'm amplifying organizing that's happening on the ground, and I do think that there's a substantive difference between the two.” — Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) April 17, 2019

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