Did Kayleigh McEnany Diminish AOC’s Status as a Congresswoman?

No.

By Alec Dent

Jun 10, 2020

On Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed that White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany diminished her accomplishments by not referring to her as a congresswoman but a “Biden adviser.”

.@PressSec wouldn’t be the first person to mistake a women of color for having a lower position or title than she does, but Kayleigh – in case you haven’t picked up a newspaper in two years, I’m a Congresswoman. https://t.co/3FRHo7dpTL
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 8, 2020

The @PressSec comment is steeped in a long, hurtful, & horrendous history of stripping women of color of titles and diminishing them to “the help.”

Perhaps she isn’t aware that what she did is mired in racist history. If that is the case, I look forward to her apology tomorrow.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 8, 2020

The comment from McEnany came during a press briefing on June 8. McEnany was asked about the “growing movement to either defund or dismantle police forces across the country” and responded:

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