GOP critics fire back after AOC suggests Republicans can't handle working as a waitress

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N. Y. took Republicans to task who have previously mocked her background as a waitress by suggesting that they themselves can't handle such a job.

The Democratic "Squad" member took to Twitter on Thursday evening and spoke about the unique "work ethic" she brings to Congress while swiping conservative lawmakers.

"The thing that these conservative Senators don’t seem to understand is that I’ve actually had a physically difficult working-class job without good healthcare most of my adult life." Ocasio-Cortez wrote. "I bring that work ethic to Congress & to my community. They sit around on leather chairs all day."

She later followed, "Republicans like to make fun of the fact that I used to be a waitress, but we all know if they ever had to do a double they’d be the ones found crying in the walk-in fridge halfway through their first shift bc someone yelled at them for bringing seltzer when they wanted sparkling."

That sparked quite a response from several conservatives who similarly worked jobs prior to their current careers.

"This is wrong," wrote Kasey Lovett, press secretary for HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson. "I was a waitress for 5+ years throughout high school and college. I am a Republican and I cried in... (Read more)

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