AOC Calls Trump A ‘Racist Visionary’“”But Accuses Republicans Of Enabling Him

AOC Calls Trump A ‘Racist Visionary’“”But Accuses Republicans Of Enabling Him

Topline

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)—appearing on the cover of Vanity Fair—shared choice words for President Donald Trump and her colleagues across the aisle on Capitol Hill, telling the magazine Trump is a “racist visionary.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a hearing ... [+] before the House Oversight and Reform Committee in August.



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For the cover story of Vanity Fair's December issue, which dropped online Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez didn't hold back on her criticism of the president or the Republican party.













Key Background

Ocasio-Cortez has been a controversial figure on the political scene ever since she primaried—and then defeated—longtime Democrat heavyweight Joe