Ocasio-Cortez blames Kellyanne Conway after questioning her lack of reaction to the bombings in Sri Lanka.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday criticized White House advisor Kellyanne Conway, saying the White House official was trying to "feed suspicions" about her Christianity. It all started when Conway appeared on CNN State of the Union On Sunday morning and in the middle of an argument with host Jake Tapper about white supremacy, the White House advisor referred to the first-year lawmaker. In the midst of their discussion, Conway made an apparently casual comment about how Ocasio-Cortez tweeted "several times" about the shootings in two mosques in New Zealand, which killed 50 people last month. , Which killed more than 250 people. (The relevant part starts at 3:25 the video below.)

Ocasio-Cortez spoke to Twitter to question Conway's motivation to say it in the middle of a discussion on a totally different topic. And she also took the opportunity to criticize the White House's response the devastation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. "At Easter, I was missing the technology to visit my grandmother in Puerto Rico, who continues to suffer from the White House's incompetence in the event of a disaster," Ocasio-Cortez wrote. "Are you trying to suggest that I am less Christian? What was the purpose of your talk on national television? "

In another tweetOcasio-Cortez answered his own question, accusing Conway of "using it as an excuse to stir up suspicions around my Christian and denominational life" before stressing that "the terrorist attack in Sri Lanka was horrible ". on Conway to "do more to welcome immigrants who feel persecuted by religion".