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Late this week, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was slammed online after implying that she was a hard worker while Republicans just “sit around on leather chairs all day.”

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Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter, “the thing that these conservative Senators don’t seem to understand is that I’ve actually had a physically difficult working-class job without good healthcare most of my adult life,”

She then continued by saying that she bring this work ethic to her community and to the Congress while they “sit around on leather chairs all day,” referring to Republicans.

— NRCC (@NRCC) December 4, 2020

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She also added that Republicans like to make fun of her for the fact that she used to work as a waitress. However, she claimed, everyone knows that if ever the Republicans were asked to do a double job, she said, “they’d be the ones found crying in the walk-in fridge halfway through their first shift bc someone yelled at them for bringing seltzer when they wanted sparkling.”

Due to these remarks, Ocasio-Cortez immediately received a push back from Republicans and conservatives, noting that most people have physically demanding careers when they were younger.

This is wrong.

I was a waitress for 5+ years throughout high school and college. I am a Republican and I cried in walk-in fridges just like you.

The difference between us? I don’t expect the gvt to provide for me. I make my own $ and provide for myself. https://t.co/NHMxhkSkkp

— Kasey Lovett (@lovett_kasey) December 4, 2020

Press Secretary for Ben Carson, Kasey Lovett wrote on Twitter, “This is wrong. I was a waitress for more than five years and throughout college and high school.” She then added saying, “I am a Republican and I cried in walk-in fridges just like you. The difference between us? I don’t expect the government to provide for me. I make my own $ and provide for myself.”

Meanwhile, the National Republican Congressional Committee trolled Ocasio-Cortez’s claim that Republicans were just “sitting around on leather chairs all day” by posting on Twitter photographs over her doing just that.

Congressman-elect Burgess Owens also responded, “You used to be a waitress, I was a chimney sweep. Both stand as a testament to the great opportunity we have in America. The difference is, as conservatives, we believe ‘if I can do it you can do it’ and are fighting to make sure that never changes.”

You used to be a waitress, I was a chimney sweep. Both stand as a testament to the great opportunity we have in America. The difference is, as conservatives we believe 'if I can do it you can do it' and are fighting to make sure that never changes. https://t.co/14cLf1ozRV

— Burgess Owens (@BurgessOwens) December 4, 2020

Another Republican proved Ocasio-Cortez wrong, Daily Caller editor Virginia Kruta, who responded with a tweet saying, “I spent my first week in the Army on 4 hours of sleep a night and a sprained ankle, digging one hole to fill in the hole I had just dug the hour before. Cry me a river (‘cuz I didn’t).”

Representative Kevin Hern (R-OK) also took it on twitter and wrote that he had been flipping burgers full time while writing code and farming on his spare time. Hern also added that several of his colleagues have the same story.

Congresswoman-elect Mary Miller also responded with Ocasio-Cortez’s tweet saying “Hey, @AOC , if you don’t mind getting your $58 sweater dirty and can handle the cow farts, I’ll show you how we work on the farm.”

Hey, @AOC, if you don't mind getting your $58 sweater dirty and can handle the cow farts, I'll show you how we work on the farm. https://t.co/D2P8BgbLXf

— Mary Miller for Congress (@Miller_Congress) December 4, 2020

Allie Beth Stuckey, Conservative commentator also took it on Twitter and wrote, saying that she is “confused” as to why Ocasio-Cortez thinks there are no working-class Republicans who had a much harder life than she had. Emphasizing that there are Republicans who experienced that same.

Meanwhile, Curtis Houck, managing Editor of NewsBusters also responded that sadly, there are a number of lefties who have the same belief as Ocasio-Cortez, despite the fact that conservatives and Republicans in their families and classes did not grew up in places of “wealth and prestige.”

Houck also added by saying, “it grinds my gears knowing people who’ve known us our whole lives believe we’re only rich, white, privileged loons.”

Afghanistan war veteran and Texas Representative Dan Crenshaw, who lost an eye in service of the U.S.

Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) an Afghanistan war veteran who lost an eye during service also slammed Ocasio-Cortez for complaining about the “physically difficult” job she was complaining about waitressing. Crenshaw fired back by saying, “We ‘republican elites’ who fought in the mountains of Afghanistan will just go ahead and check our privilege.”

June 24 (UPI) -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez steamrolled her way to the Democratic nomination for New York's District 14 as New York, Virginia and Kentucky held primary elections in congressional and local races on Tuesday.

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Ocasio-Cortez -- whose win over a veteran Democratic opponent in the 2018 primary ignited a progressive wave in the party -- won over upstart challenger Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.

With more than 74 percent of precincts reporting, Ocasio-Cortez secured 73 percent of the vote to Caruso-Cabrera's 20 percent, the New York Post reported.

Though she was expected to win the nomination, Ocasio-Cortez's performance against House hopeful and former CNBC anchor Caruso-Cabrera was viewed as a barometer to see if the public agreed with critics who say she spends too much time on national issues while neglecting her constituents in the Bronx borough of New York City.

On Twitter, Ocasio-Cortez said the victory was important to her as a rejection of those who dismissed her earlier win as a fluke.

'Our win was treated as an aberration, or [because] my opponent 'didn't try,' she tweeted. 'Tonight, we are proving that the people's movement in NY isn't an accident. It's a mandate.'

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont tweeted Ocasio-Cortez his congratulations.

'In less than two years, she has become a major leader in Congress on many important issues, and I look forward to continue working with her to achieve justice for all working people,' he said.

The primaries in Kentucky and New York were rescheduled from earlier dates due to the coronavirus pandemic.

With the Democratic presidential race decided in favor of former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the most closely watched primary contests is in Kentucky, where Democrats will choose between Amy McGrath and Charles Booker as the party's Senate nominee.

With less than 10 percent of precincts reporting, McGrath held an early lead over Booker for the right to take on Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who is among President Donald Trump's most powerful supporters.

Live trackers of the race by NBC and The Washington Post reported McGrath held 44 percent of the votes to Booker's 39.6 percent.

McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot who lost a close race for the House two years ago, has strong backing from the Democrat's moderate wing and a large fundraising edge.

Once considered a cinch for the nomination, she headed into Tuesday facing a strong challenge from Booker, a 35-year-old African-American freshman state legislator and social activist whose campaign surged after the police-involved deaths of Breonna Taylor in Louisville in March and George Floyd in Minnesota in May. He received endorsements from key progressive leaders, including Sens. Sanders and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

Kentucky officials reduced the number of in-person polling places from 3,700 to 170 due to health concerns, and both campaigns filed injunctions Tuesday night to keep at least one polling location open late.

Coline Lauderdale, Booker's campaign manager, tweeted their motion was denied.

'We're disappointed,' he said. 'Not in any one politician or official, because we know it's hard to quickly create a new system amidst unprecedented circumstances. But we have to be honest: People who were trying to vote but stuck in traffic were turned away and sent home, because all of Louisville had to share a single polling station location.'

Both candidates took to Twitter to tell Kentuckians to stay in line. If you're in line, they said, they will be allowed to vote.

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams said earlier in the day that they were projecting about 1.1 million primary votes or 32 percent of registered voters, and heralded the election as 'a model for success in conducting an election during a pandemic.'

Some Democrats have said the move to reduce polling stations was likely to disenfranchise black voters in urban areas.Recent polling has shown a low approval rating for McConnell in his home state. However, similar numbers also preceded his re-election in 2014, when he won by more than 15 points.

In another test of progressive clout in New York, Democratic incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel, a moderate with support from Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer, was trailing well behind newcomer and high school principal Jamaal Bowman -- who's won endorsements from Ocasio-Cortez, Warren and other progressives.

With 91.5 percent of precincts reporting, Bowman held a strong lead of 60.9 percent for 21,851 votes to Engel's 35.6 percent, or 12,769 votes.

Bowman told his supporters as he held his early lead that they were not just be celebrating him but a movement 'designed' push back against systemic racism and oppression.

'Our movement is designed to restore that faith, to restore that hope, to bring back the belief in what is possible, to root our values in everything we do,' he said.

Due to the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of New York residents voted by mail, which could bring delays in naming the winners that could stretch over several days.

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In Virginia, a pair of freshman Democratic House members will see their Republican challengers determined in Tuesday's primary.

Three GOP contenders vied for a chance in November to face first-term Rep. Elaine Luria with Scott Taylor, who held the seat for a single term before being unseated by Luria in 2018, winning the chance for a rematch. Both are U.S. Navy veterans in a district that includes Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval station.

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Elsewhere in the state, a group of six Republican candidates are vying to face first-term Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who upset a Republican incumbent in 2018 as part of the Democratic 'blue wave' that regained control of the U.S. House.