GOP assemblyman calls out AOC's suburban roots with yearbook proof after Trump spat

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A New York authorities lawmaker called retired Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., implicit her upbringing aft she referred to herself arsenic a pugnacious "Bronx girl" during an net spat successful which she traded jabs with President Donald Trump

State Assemblyman Matt Slater, a Republican, called retired the progressive firebrand, who represents portions of the Bronx and Queens, and shared an representation of her during her freshman twelvemonth successful suburban Yorktown High School, astir an hr northbound of the Bronx

"If you’re a BX miss past wherefore are you successful my Yorktown yearbook? Give it up already," Slater tweeted.

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A yearbook with an representation  of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

New York authorities Assemblyman Matt Slater shared a yearbook representation of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez portion questioning her Bronx roots, which she often touts to supporters, aft she got into an online back-and-forth with President Donald Trump.  (Assembly Matt Slater)

Slater's determination came aft Ocasio-Cortez got into a societal media spat with Trump aft she called for his impeachment for ordering strikes implicit the play that targeted Iranian atomic sites. 

In a lengthy station connected Truth Social, Trump criticized the congresswoman, calling her "stupid" and "one of the ‘dumbest’ radical successful Congress."

"When we analyse her Test Scores, we volition find retired that she is NOT qualified for bureau but, nevertheless, acold much qualified than Crockett, who is simply a earnestly Low IQ individual, oregon Ilhan Omar, who does thing but kick astir our Country, yet the Failed Country that she comes from doesn’t person a Government, is drenched successful Crime and Poverty, and is rated 1 of the WORST successful the World, if it’s adjacent rated astatine all," Trump added.

In response, Ocasio-Cortez, who graduated from Yorktown High School successful 2007, posted a bid of posts connected X criticizing Trump.

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Socialist firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and President Donald Trump person feuded successful caller online days.  (Getty Images)

"Also, I’m a Bronx girl. You should cognize that we tin devour Queens boys for breakfast. Respectfully," she said, referring to Trump's Queens roots and upbringing.

Slater, who besides attended Yorktown High School, called retired Ocasio-Cortez with his yearbook, showing an representation of her.

"If you’re a BX miss past wherefore are you successful my Yorktown yearbook? Give it up already," helium wrote connected X. 

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the offices of Slater and Ocasio-Cortez. 

Ocasio-Cortez often touts her Bronx roots contempt surviving a bully chunk of her beingness further north. She lived successful the Parkchester planned assemblage successful the Bronx until she was 5 earlier moving to Yorktown Heights, a suburb successful Westchester County, for amended schools, the New York Times antecedently reported.

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"It is nice. Growing up, it was a bully municipality for moving people," she said successful notation to Yorktown successful a 2018 tweet questioning her Bronx upbringing. "My ma scrubbed toilets truthful I could unrecorded present & I grew up seeing however the zip codification 1 is calved successful determines overmuch of their opportunity."

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