“I want to invite the gentle lady to come to Eastern Kentucky where thousands of coal miners no longer have paychecks,” he said. “I invite her to go underground with me and meet the men and women who do heroic work to empower the American economy.”
Here’s a very accurate summary of the situation.
Nothing AOC said about Crenshaw in those tweets was out of the bounds of normal back and forths between politicians. And again, Barr doesn’t have a leg to stand on regarding incivility unless he’s also calling on president Trump to do the same. Has he? Has he refused to cooperate with Trump unless Trump knocks off the uncivil tone?
well it looks like the troops were finally called in
so let me point out again - the the op is wrong, as is the article in it, because the invitation still stands. as long as she makes amends for her arrogant bitchy comments
keep piling on, but unless there is actually a “disinvite” (see op title!) the op is wrong
it’s what you get when bust out yahooooo news your world view
The initial invite was extended Tuesday March 26th during a committee hearing.
He made the invite official that Wednesday:
Barr told the Courier Journal that his office sent a formal email invitation to Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff on Wednesday. He said he has visited underground and surface mines operated by different companies on multiple occasions since taking office, adding that it’s important for lawmakers who debate energy policies to meet Kentucky miners face-to-face.
“I think that it’s a tremendous opportunity to have two people with different points of view share their perspectives with Kentuckians,” Barr said.
The letter adding the condition that she apologize to Crenshaw came on April 12th. Here’s a tweet link to the letter and a tweet from Barr:
So his letter that changed the terms of the invitation, based on a completely unrelated situation to the Green Deal/coal mine issue, was made one day after her comment, but came over 2 weeks after he formally issued the invite.
Barr was looking for a way out, and that was his way out.
Of course, as AOC mentioned, she doesn’t need his invite to be able to visit coal miners in KY.
Barr comes out the loser here. He helped AOC here.
when the first invite occurred, or when she accepted, doesnt matter
she tweeted her disrespecful slap to crenshaw the 11th. letter requesting apology came out next day.
to say this was a “way out” is purely opinion and unfounded unless you believe her adolescent minded twit tweets, which yahoo news of course happily does.
gotta love how when she attempts to brain with written language the media runs with it as fact