BURSTRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) fired back at President Trump after he unleashed a torrent of criticism at the congresswoman for suggesting his decision to bomb Iran is grounds for impeachment.
In a post Tuesday on the social platform X, Ocasio-Cortez doubled down on her position that the U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend were illegal.
“Mr. President, don’t take your anger out on me - I’m just a silly girl,” Ocasio-Cortez quipped, responding to Trump’s earlier post on Truth Social.
“Take it out on whoever convinced you to betray the American people and our Constitution by illegally bombing Iran and dragging us into war,” she continued in the post. “It only took you 5 months to break almost every promise you made."
Trump unloaded on Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday in a lengthy social media message, which he posted aboard Air Force One as he traveled to the NATO summit in the Netherlands. He attacked the congresswoman’s intelligence and dared her to follow through on her impeachment threat.
“Stupid AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the ‘dumbest’ people in Congress, is now calling for my Impeachment, despite the fact that the Crooked and Corrupt Democrats have already done that twice before,” Trump posted.
“The reason for her ‘rantings’ is all of the Victories that the U.S.A. has had under the Trump Administration,” Trump continued. “The Democrats aren’t used to WINNING, and she can’t stand the concept of our Country being successful again.”
He also appeared to refer to Ocasio-Cortez as “The Mouse” and suggested she take the same cognitive exam he took as part of his annual physical exam and is used to test for cognitive decline.
“Instead of her constant complaining, Alexandria should go back home to Queens, where I was also brought up, and straighten out her filthy, disgusting, crime ridden streets, in the District she ‘represents,’ and which she never goes to anymore,” Trump wrote.
The post followed Ocasio-Cortez’s statement Saturday that Trump’s “disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers.”
“He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment,” she added.
Trump has repeatedly attacked Ocasio-Cortez over the years, though he has also at times acknowledged her political talent and charisma.
Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to “declare war,” one of the largest powers held by the legislative branch. In the past, however, presidents of both parties have struck adversaries militarily without approval from Congress.
Trump was impeached twice during his first term: once over allegations he withheld aid to Ukraine to try to get Kyiv to investigate his political rival, and a second time in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. He was acquitted by the Senate in both cases.