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Rep. Malliotakis blasts AOC, Omar: They think being arrested helps them politically
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Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., responded to the "fake handcuffs" incident involving Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS: It just goes to show you that Democrats think it's politically expedient for them, that it actually improves their electability, when they are arrested. Bill de Blasio did the same thing in 2013, and he soared to number one in the polls when he ran for mayor. It just goes to show you that they are trying to cater to a radical base, people who are supporting lawlessness, saying people who rioted in the streets of our cities in 2020, the same people who are raising money to release criminals on bail, the same people who supported the defund the police movement. You don't see Republicans purposely trying to get arrested. So it's just a different philosophy. It's a far-left thing. But what I will say, more importantly, they don't want to just intimidate the court. They actually want to pack the court.
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