'AOC cannot afford pretend handcuffs': Cruz jokes as he ribs Biden

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) joined in with those that made enjoyable of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for what they considered as her pretending to be handcuffed by U.S. Capitol Police at a pro-abortion rights protest exterior the Supreme Court docket.

Every thing the Biden administration touches "goes to crap," Cruz quipped Friday on the Scholar Motion Summit in Florida. The senator added, "It is gotten so unhealthy AOC cannot afford pretend handcuffs," referencing Ocasio-Cortez.

Cruz's remark drew an uproar of laughter from the viewers, in line with the Each day Mail.

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Ocasio-Cortez crossed her arms behind her again as she was escorted away Tuesday in a second caught on video, prompting critics to accuse her of pretending she had been positioned in handcuffs for a photo-op.

The congresswoman insisted she wasn't pretending to be in handcuffs throughout her arrest.

"No faking right here," Ocasio-Cortez mentioned in a tweet Wednesday. "Placing your arms behind your again is a greatest observe whereas detained, handcuffed or not, to keep away from escalating prices like resisting arrest. However given the way you lied a couple of fellow rape survivor for 'factors,' as you set it to me, I don’t anticipate a lot else from you."