Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent speech demonizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement not only infuriates the “Pat Gray Unleashed” panel, it makes them think the democratic socialist is gearing up for a presidential run.
On September 27 during More Perfect University’s “Students vs. Billionaires” series, AOC compared ICE to a black-box surveillance stack.
“ICE is an agency that has not even existed for as long as many of us have even been alive. They are a new agency created in the surveillance state establishment after 9/11,” she said. “ICE is Palantir; ICE is AI; ICE is facial recognition; ICE is surveillance — and ICE is coming after you regardless of your status.”
Pat is incensed at her calling ICE a new agency.
“They’re 25 years old — 25!” he exclaims. “That’s a new agency? … Compared to what? The fall of Rome?”
“She’s also trying to pin this on Trump for starting ICE. That’s what they desperately want to do,” he adds.
But it’s the progressive’s comparison of ICE to Palantir, AI, facial recognition, and surveillance that really ticks him off.
“Wow, is that irresponsible,” he sighs. “It’s just a flat-out communist lie. … This is what gets people killed.”
“How she’s saying it just made me think she’s running for higher [office],” adds co-host Jeffy. “She’s not screeching about it.”
Pat agrees, mocking, “This darn Donald Trump and his new agencies.”
To hear more of the panel’s commentary and see the clip of AOC’s speech, watch the video above.
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