Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Responds to Ted Cruz's name-calling
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded to Sen. Ted Cruz calling her a "parasite" during a recent appearance on Fox News Ocasio-Cortez criticized Cruz for looking down on working-class jobs and highlighted her own working-class background Cruz's comments followed Ocasio-Cortez's remarks about wealth inequality on the It's Open with Ilana Glazer podcast Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is defending working-class people after Sen. Ted Cruz called her a "parasite sucking on the taxpayer" for her take on the "economic elite." After Ocasio-Cortez, 36, voiced her stance on billionaires during an appearance on the May 7 episode of the It's Open with Ilana Glazer podcast,the Texas Republican, 55, called Ocasio-Cortez a “parasite sucking on the taxpayer” during a Tuesday, May 12, appearance on Fox News . Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat representing New York's 14th congressional district, was then asked to respond to his comments by reporter Pablo Man...