PLATTSBURGH, NY \u2013 Republicans are accusing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of \u201cfearmongering\u201d during a stop in Rep. Elise Stefanik\u2019s upstate district \u2014 where she said the congresswoman is \u201cnot welcome here anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lefty Big Apple pol quickly jumped into politics<\/a> at a Plattsburgh town-hall event advertised as a response to President Trump\u2019s \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill,\u201d mocking Stefanik for taking a farewell tour of the district when she thought she was about to become the US ambassador to the United Nations.<\/p>\n Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago at the United Center on August 19, 2024. Ron Sachs \u2013 CNP for NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cElise did her farewell tour, and I think it\u2019s time to finish the job,\u201d AOC yelled to a cheering crowd at the historic Strand Theater.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s show her the door. She\u2019s not welcome here anymore,\u201d AOC said on the stage nearly 300 miles away from her own district in The Bronx<\/a> and Queens.<\/p>\n Stefanik \u2014 whose ambassador nomination was yanked by President Trump because he was worried a Dem could fill her House seat \u2014 is now running for governor.<\/p>\n Rep. Elise Stefanik leaving a House Republican Conference meeting with President Donald Trump on the budget reconciliation bill. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cAOC and [Dem North Country Rep.] Paul Tonko may love trying to tax and spend their own constituents to death, but that doesn\u2019t mean they should come to the North Country and peddle the same, tired failing Democrat agenda,\u201d Plattsburgh state Sen. Dan Stec (R-Warren) told The Post.<\/p>\n \u201cRather than continuing to spread disinformation and fearmongering over President Trump\u2019s historically significant legislative achievement, they should be telling Kathy Hochul and legislative Democrats to rein in Albany\u2019s bloated state budget,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Other top GOPers laughed off Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>\u2018s visit.<\/p>\n Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a House Committee meeting on Capitol Hill on May 13, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n