During a CNN town hall last night, U.S. lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for “drinkable” air and blamed pollution on an accounting firm.
The Squad member apparently confused the accounting company Deloitte with the company DuPont. CNN hosted Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, and Bernie Sanders, I-VT.
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The 90-minute town hall followed 15 days into a federal government shutdown. Meanwhile, the White House poked fun at the gaffes reminiscent of the Joe Biden administration on social media.
AOC says “rivers were on fire” because of corporations like Deloitte “pouring chemicals” into waterways.
Deloitte is an accounting, consulting, and tax services firm.
No idea what she’s talking about. pic.twitter.com/mLX64nPnVk
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) October 16, 2025
“Air that is drinkable.” – @AOC pic.twitter.com/ASqqlrVltd
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) October 16, 2025
The lawmakers took questions at one point. Attendees asked about health care costs, the government shutdown, and more.
AOC also urged the government to reopen. She didn’t mention that U.S. Senate Democrats have voted not to reopen the government at least nine times since the shutdown started on Oct. 1.
The Rapid Respond 47 account replied:
Who wants to tell this moron that Democrats are the only ones who can re-open the government?
Republicans have done their job — voting to do so (NINE TIMES). @AOC pic.twitter.com/wWWo1XUdJQ
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 16, 2025
Not be be upstaged, Bernie Sanders mistakenly said Amazon founder billionaire Jeff Bezos owns X.
Sanders responded to the question: “Why does Republican messaging on social media seem so much more effective than Democratic media and what can we do about it?”
Bernie Sanders just said that Republicans are good at social media because Jeff Bezos owns X.
Biden 2.0? pic.twitter.com/ao8aTODvRu
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) October 16, 2025
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Someone else asked: “How does this shutdown reflect on Chuck Schumer’s leadership?
Sanders responded: “I think it reflects more on Mike Johnson’s leadership and President’s Trump leadership.”
Sanders started to answer, but then asked the person for an opinion.
🔥Bernie got COOKED.
This guy just calmly smacked Bernie Sanders down in a single sentence.
BRUTAL. pic.twitter.com/BV1cgFEsip
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 16, 2025
Democrats in the Senate refuse to reopen the government unless Republicans give health care to illegal immigrants,
🚨 Important reminder:
It’s bad enough the Democrats continue to vote to keep our government closed.
What’s even WORSE is that the supposed reason for this stunt is healthcare – which THEY themselves have singlehandedly made more expensive and less accessible!
Don’t believe…
— Mike Johnson (@MikeJohnson) October 16, 2025
To end the shutdown, Democrats are DEMANDING $1.5 TRILLION in new partisan spending.
This is an unserious proposal made by unserious people.
Here are just a few of the things they are using to take the government hostage ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/IIyQz16t1P
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) October 15, 2025
Editor’s Note: The Schumer Shutdown is here. Rather than put the American people first, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats forced a government shutdown for healthcare for illegals. They own this.
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