The Democratic Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez he prefers to keep Senator Ted Cruz at bay.
The Republican agreed on Thursday to the legislature’s request to investigate the scholarship application Robin Hood after that, it blocks the purchase of shares from GameStop and AMC, companies in the midst of a battle between private investors and large hedge funds.
AOC said on Twitter that he “did not understand” Robinhood’s “decision to block purchases of shares by private investors, while mutual funds are free to trade with the stocks they consider, so he asked for a hearing in the House to address the issue. discuss the grant application.
Senator Cruz agreed with the claim by quoting the AOC tweet.
“I agree,” Cruz wrote.
Network users commented on how it happened with GameStop and Robinhood unite politicians from gambling shores such as AOC and Cruz.
But the New Yorker doesn’t care that Cruz supports one of her causes.
“I’m happy to work with the Republicans on this issue where there are common ground, but you almost got me they will kill 3 weeks agoyes, ”AOC wrote in reference to the attack on the Capitol. “I would love to be with almost any other member of the Republican Party that I’m not trying to be killed. If you want to help in the meantime, you can stop ”.
I’m happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there are common ground, but you almost got me killed three weeks ago so you can sort this out.
Happy to work with almost any other GOP not trying to kill me.
In the meantime, if you want to help, you can quit your job. https://t.co/4mVREbaqqm
– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 28, 2021
Cruz regretted the words of AOC when asked.
“There is a lot of partisan anger and anger on the Democratic side. It is not healthy for our country, certainly does not promote it healing or unityBut everyone has to decide how they want to interact with others, ”Cruz told Capitol reporters.
GameStop was up 400% this week and 1,750% since the start of the year, a huge increase for which countless users of Reddit “trolling” funds like Melvin Capital, who had invested large sums of money in “short” options to take advantage of their stock market crash.