By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--June 26, 2019
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“Wayfair, a company that sells furniture online, recently sold a number of beds to the United States government, which will use them in the detention centers along the border that are housing illegal immigrants – including children. (Red State) “This is an act of commerce that, apparently, should not stand. A number of Wayfair employees have decided that they will walk out today, because their employer is supporting these “concentration camps,” as folks like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez likes to call them. Ocasio-Cortez, in fact, has been very vocally supportive of the walkout. “Now let’s not get this twisted. The employees walking out are trying to make this about Wayfair not promising to donate the profit to a progressive immigration group – RAICES – but their actions do not support that claim. Even their own Twitter account debunks it.
tl;dr - Wayfair sold beds to furnish border camps; 547 employees signed a petition to ask that we cease all business with border camps; CEO said no —>employees are walking out tmrw at 1:30pm. We ask that Wayfair donate all profits made from the sale to RAICES #WayfairWalkout
— wayfairwalkout (@wayfairwalkout) June 25, 2019
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“Ocasio-Cortez also debunks it.
Won’t someone ask AOC what’s “brave” about trying to stop the delivery of beds for the use of innocent, little immigrant children? Will any social media ban AOC for her outrageous lie that “Wayfair workers couldn’t stomach they were making beds to cage children?Wayfair workers couldn’t stomach they were making beds to cage children.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 25, 2019
They asked the company to stop. CEO said no.
Tomorrow, they‘re walking out.
This is what solidarity looks like - a reminder that everyday people have real power, as long as we’re brave enough to use it. https://t.co/667abeLDTG
“ What they are saying is that they are very upset because Wayfair will continue doing business with the U.S. government’s border camps. Because they are selling beds for children in these camps – the very children they are so upset about being mistreated in said camps – the employees are walking out. The request to donate profits, by their own summary here, came after their outrage. Meaning it is all about the beds. (Red State) “That’s why Ocasio-Cortez is going about saying the Republicans are “motivated to cage children.” This is a political issue for them, not a humanitarian one. If she were interested in the well-being of the children, she would be in favor of them getting beds while also working to make sure that they don’t have to use them as long as it appears they need to. “Instead, she gets to vote against the Democrats’ House aid bill, along with some other notable names.
Reps AOC, Omar, Tlaib, and Presley voted against Dems own House aid bill for the border. This wasn’t even the bipartisan bill in the Senate, but a Dem version w severe restrictions on the admin.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) June 26, 2019
Seems clear that those Reps will not support any solution short of no enforcement.
“This entire thing goes to prove that Ocasio-Cortez and the Democrats don’t really want a solution at the border anytime soon. They want there to be continued suffering so they can fundraise off of it and use it as a bludgeon against Trump in the 2020 election. If there is a solution, the issue dies more quickly and becomes harder to use a year from now.” (Red State)Call it stomach-churning Democrat/Socialist Sanctimony on Full Display. Meanwhile, Publicity Hound AOC may not have learned what a concentration camp was before coming to public office, but somewhere in her past she learned that when it comes to gaining media attention Sensationalism Sells, and she’s been milking it to the hilt ever since her arrival.
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