But he’s certainly given a voice to it and expanded it and created a platform for those things,” Ocasio-Cortez told “60 Minutes” correspondent Anderson Cooper during the segment. When asked if she believes Trump is a racist, she replied: “Yeah. Yeah, no question.”Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said there’s “no question” President Donald Trump is a racist, citing in an interview that aired Sunday the White House’s response to white supremacist groups and ongoing rhetoric about migrant communities. The White House vehemently denied the characterization in a statement to “60 Minutes” and slammed the lawmaker for her “sheer ignorance.”“Cong. Ocasio-Cortez, 29, was sworn in to Congress on Thursday, after being the youngest woman elected to the chamber.

Source: Huffington Post January 07, 2019 03:22 UTC