Add "communist" to the list of terms that might be racist, according to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that term had a "long" and "rich history" tied to white supremacy in the United States. "It was one of the preferred smears against integrating schools, & one of the main attacks segregationists used against [Martin Luther King Jr]," she said, referring to the civil rights hero. OCASIO-CORTEZ CONTINUES TWITTER SPAT WITH TRUMP, LINKS GOP TO WHITE SUPREMACYOcasio-Cortez linked to a tweet calling out a conservative publication for allegedly justifying racist attacks directed toward a socialist. Ocasio-Cortez's tweets came as she faced criticism that her ambitious policy proposals resembled those of communist regimes.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2019 21:48 UTC