President-elect Trump commented Wednesday that it was “too unhealthy” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was just lately turned down for a management place on a House committee, prompting an amused response by the progressive politician.
“Really too unhealthy that AOC misplaced the Battle for the Leadership Seat within the Democrat Party,” Trump wrote Wednesday on Truth Social. “She ought to preserve attempting. Someday, she shall be profitable!”
Later, the New York congresswoman shared a screenshot of Trump’s remarks and wrote a humorous response.
“Damn it’s unhealthy when even Trump is feeling unhealthy for me,” Ocasio-Cortez mentioned, including a laughing emoji.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., responded Wednesday to barbs by President-elect Trump on Truth Social. (Getty Images/AP Images)
The amusing trade got here simply in the future after the 36-year-old Democrat was defeated in her bid to function the highest Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. The management function went to Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, who acquired 131 votes to Ocasio-Cortez’s 84.
“I thank my colleagues for his or her help and the arrogance they’ve positioned in me to guide House Democrats on the Oversight Committee,” Connolly mentioned in a statement after being elected by the House Democratic Caucus.
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Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., listens throughout an occasion in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
“This shall be trench warfare,” he added. “Now will not be the time to be timid. I promise the American those that our Committee Democrats shall be a beacon of fact and ready from day one to counter Republican gaslighting.”
Ocasio-Cortez, who has served on the oversight committee since 2023, wrote on the social media platform Bluesky that she “tried her finest” together with her bid.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks in the course of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Aug. 19. (Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)
“Tried my finest. Sorry I couldn’t pull it via everybody — we stay to combat one other day,” she wrote.
Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
