Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded to Trump calling her a 'wack job,' by saying it is better than being someone who 'betrays our country'

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• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back at US President Donald Trump calling her a "wack job" on Thursday, by saying it was "better than being a criminal who betrays our country."
• Ocasio-Cortez was likely commenting on the ongoing impeachment inquiry into Trump, which was sparked by the president asking Ukraine to investigate election rival Joe Biden.
• Trump used the name for her as he shared a tweet from Donald Trump Jr, one of his sons, that showed a woman having what Ocasio-Cortez described as an apparent "crisis" at one of her constituency meetings.
• Ocasio-Cortez wrote: "This person may have been suffering from a mental condition and it's not okay that the right-wing is mocking her ... Be a decent human being and knock it off."
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded to US President Donald Trump calling her a "wack job," saying it was "better than being a criminal who betrays our country."

Trump on Thursday shared a tweet from his son Donald Trump Jr. that included a video of one of Ocasio-Cortez's constituents declaring that people should "eat babies" to combat climate change.

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