“ I know you are confused about the actual governance ”

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) mocked former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley for being “confused” over the source of police funding during a heated Twitter exchange on Thursday.

Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks after Republican Haley, also a former governor of South Carolina, responded to a tweet from the MP which suggested “we need to pay people to stay home” in order to control the raging COVID-19 pandemic.

“AOC, are you suggesting that you want to pay people to stay at home with the money you take from defeating the police?” Haley tweeted. “Or was it for student debt you wanted to pay off, the Green New Deal or Medicare for All? #WhereIsTheMoney”

“Nikki, I suggest Republicans find the backbone to stand up to their corporate donors and vote for the same steps they took in March, except without the Wall St bailout this time around,” Ocasio replied. Cortez. “And I know you’re confused about actual governance, but police budgets are municipal, not federal.

Ocasio-Cortez, already a prime target of many conservatives as a particularly progressive Democrat, came under additional fire over the summer by becoming one of the few prominent national politicians to express support for the “defounding of the police”. She has not played a direct role in any related legislative effort since members of the United States House are not involved in local funding for policing.

In a subsequent tweet, the “Squad” member continued to berate Haley for her alleged ignorance of the government’s financial workings, while criticizing her and other Republicans for “worshiping” President Donald Trump.

“It’s really embarrassing that this woman was governor and still doesn’t have a handle on public investment. I wonder if she says federal funding also works like a piggy bank or a household? All that false-seriousness on the part of people who adore Trump for running the country as his casino, “Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, accompanied by a” rolling eyes “emoji.

The exchange came after a series of tweets and comments from Ocasio-Cortez calling for financial aid amid the pandemic. Although most Republicans backed the CARES law in March, providing a single payment of $ 1,200 to many Americans, some have been reluctant to approve new payments despite the virus cases on the rise faster than ever.

Ocasio-Cortez remarked that it was “funny” that Republicans approved the previous payment as part of “a leveraged $ 4 trillion slush fund for their Wall Street buddies,” but they did. now oppose similar efforts because “this time it only remains to help the workers, the disabled, the poor, etc.”

Shortly after his exchange with Haley, Ocasio-Cortez also had harsh words for Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), Who responded negatively to his call for further relief from COVID-19 while stressing that Ocasio-Cortez backed Raphael Warnock, Loeffler’s Democratic opponent in a decisive second round on January 5.

Loeffler had insisted that Ocasio-Cortez’s support for the new direct payments meant that she “wanted to lock down our economy, lock the American people into their homes, and put government in charge of every part of our lives” while promising that it was “it will not happen on my watch.”

“The @KLoeffler revelations show that you appear to have bought yourself a private jet for a public penny and exploited corrupt tax loopholes to do so,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, sharing a link to an article in the Show suggesting that Loeffler may have -Being used a loophole in Trump’s tax bill for 2017 this helps to amortize the total value of private jets.

“If you’re happy to help yourself with public funds, maybe take a seat before you oppose stimulus checks to help ordinary people in a pandemic,” she added.

Newsweek contacted Ocasio-Cortez Haley for comment.