By Polyhraph
“’In 1941, the Germans dropped an atomic bomb on us’: who now rules in the U.S.”
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Author misattributes satirical meme generated quotes to Ocasio-Cortez
Dmitry Kosyrev, a political commentator for the government media conglomerate “MIA Rossiya Segodnya” took aim at freshman U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a December 16, 2018 RIA Novosti op-ed headlined “’In 1941, the Germans dropped an atomic bomb on us’: who now rules in the U.S.”
Kosyrev described Ocasio-Cortez – at 29, the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress — as being “famous for her enchanting ignorance.”
Noting that there are “several sites where her statements are collected,” Kosyrev attributed the following quotes to the congresswoman:
- “If we give visas to immigrants, why not also give them a Mastercard?”
- “Do you think a person will ever walk on the sun as he did on the Moon?”
- “I don’t remember what year the Cold War was, but I know it was in the winter.”
- “Never forget that on December 7, 1941, the Germans dropped an atomic bomb on Pearl Harbor.”
Kosyrev used those quotes to attack the nature of democracy, saying “it’s possible, for example, to think about what’s wrong with democracy if it doesn’t prevent the election of such characters.”
He also summarized general talking points used to criticize the U.S. Democratic Party, and called Ocasio-Cortez a “typical product” of the American educational system, which he called a “disaster.”