by Jared Evan
New York Congressional candidate and journalist/reporter Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, in a Facebook post and press release condemned her opponent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for kicking out reporters from a recent debate.
Several reporters and observers were barred from the actual debate and had to wait outside.
Local Bronx outlet Parkchester Times told TJV that the Ocasio-Cortez campaign sited social distancing as the reason for limiting the total capacity to 10 people, and would not bend on the original condition that the event meets NYC social distancing ordinances. The Parkchester Times reporters who organized the event, literally had to wait outside.
Six media personnel, the three candidates and the moderator for the debate Gary Axelbank were allowed inside the room where the debate was going to occur, Parkchester Times reported. Activist Badrun Khan is the third candidate in the upcoming primary
Cabera hopes to defeat the Marxist superstar in the primary on Tuesday for 14th District congressional seat.
She wrote:
“At tonight’s Parkchester Times debate, in behavior more appropriate for a temperamental princess than an elected Member of Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez demanded that reporters and audience members leave the room before she took the stage.
“She left the residents of the 14th District with a malfunctioning Facebook feed that could scarcely be heard.”
Caruso-Cabrera noted that AOC, who is clearly in favor of censorship, is not a Democrat, “not even a Democratic Socialist”.
“AOC refused to participate in this debate until journalists shamed her into doing it…and boy, did she get her revenge on all of them tonight by having them tossed out of the debate hall.
“I called on AOC to say whether or not she would vote for Joe Biden in Tuesday’s primary. AOC refused to answer the question. AOC could not commit to supporting our standard bearer in the Democratic Party. She refuses to work with Speaker Pelosi,” she stated.
“She denigrates the work of her fellow Democrats and says she cares more than they do. She sure cares more than them about one thing, and that’s herself. She is a joke of a representative, and that’s why I am going to defeat her on Tuesday. It’s time to deliver real results for the Bronx and Queens,” she concluded.
“She is a Socialist. This conduct would make the Politburo blush. She threw out residents of the 14th Congressional District who wanted to attend this debate.
“She threw out reporters who have put themselves and their families at risk day and night these past two months covering breaking stories related to COVID and social justice.
“Like a petulant child, AOC refused to take the stage until all of these individuals were removed from the room. What kind of representative does that?,” Caruso-Cabrera fumed.
Below is a webcast of the actual debate from the local Bronx outlet
