You can't ban the press from public events.

If you're a politician or a political candidate, you have to allow a free and open press to

come and document what is being said and what you're doing.

However, this is exactly what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has done on at least two occasions.

So this story came out in Thursday.

It was from the Queen's Chronicle and they reported that Cortez banned the press from two

events.

The initial reporting was that it was because she was mobbed by reporters at a previous

event and thus it led to a banning of the media.

Unsurprisingly, her supporters are saying, well, she needed to protect marginalized voices

and illegal immigrants.

And the right is saying, oh my god, she was protecting illegal immigrants.

Now Cortez never said illegal immigrants, but the left and the right for the most part

agree she was talking about illegal immigrants, with many people on the right questioning why

a politician would be courting favor from those who are not citizens of this country.

Cortez has been plagued by a series of gaffes since she rose to national prominence.

She said a bunch of silly things, she's been criticized for her mistakes.

Her campaign is literally on fire.

But it's on fire in both ways.

Two or supporters, it's on fire in the good way when someone's like, oh man, you're

on fire.

Meaning she's doing really well, she's growing rapidly, she's gaining followers, and

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