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<p>.A bunch of young white men in Mitch McConnell T-shirts posted a photo of themselves pretending to grope, kiss and choke a cardboard cutout of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. And AOC isn&#39;t letting it go unnoticed.</p><p>The photo shows the boys in &quot;Team Mitch&quot; T-shirts looking gleeful as they pretend to abuse the cutout of AOC in various ways.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pictured: seven young white men in “Team Mitch” T-shirts, gathered round a distressed looking cardboard <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a>, groping and kissing her. The caption, “break me off a piece of that.”<br><br>Future federal judges of America. <a href="https://t.co/t877J7Pcye">pic.twitter.com/t877J7Pcye</a></p>&mdash; feminist next door (@emrazz) <a href="https://twitter.com/emrazz/status/1158504398164766720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>One of the boys apparently posted it on Instagram with the caption &quot;break me off a piece of that.&quot;</p><p>When word of the photo spread, people reacted with disgust.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They don&#39;t realize what they&#39;re doing is messed up?<br><br>Disagreeing with someone is one thing - simulating sexual degradation is a different matter completely.</p>&mdash; Spencer MOOD? 🇨🇦 (@Spencer_MOOD) <a href="https://twitter.com/Spencer_MOOD/status/1158523428334428161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Team Mitch 2020: Sexual Harassment Fantasy Camp</p>&mdash; Michael Dobozy (Progressives Show Up to Work) (@dobozysaurus) <a href="https://twitter.com/dobozysaurus/status/1158514955882237952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If this doesn&#39;t clearly demonstrate the link between white supremacy and male supremacy, I don&#39;t know what does.</p>&mdash; K Hanson (@khansonbooks) <a href="https://twitter.com/khansonbooks/status/1158505314330861569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Some are even calling for Mitch McConnell to speak up against it.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Horrifying and Mitch McConnell needs to publicly and loudly denounce this immediately.</p>&mdash; hugh field (@RealHughField) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealHughField/status/1158509611831312385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Then, it landed in AOC&#39;s lap. She responded by calling out McConnell directly.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/senatemajldr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@senatemajldr</a> - these young men look like they work for you.<br><br>Just wanted to clarify: are you paying for young men to practice groping &amp; choking members of Congress w/ your payroll, or is this just the standard culture of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamMitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TeamMitch</a>?<br><br>Thanks. <a href="https://t.co/ysRJuwonUx">https://t.co/ysRJuwonUx</a></p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1158541787549581313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;Hey @senatemajldr,&quot; she tweeted, tagging McConnell&#39;s Twitter account, &quot;these young men look like they work for you.&quot;</p><p>She went on to ask if they&#39;re actual members of his staff who are being paid to act this way.</p><p>&quot;Just wanted to clarify: are you paying for young men to practice groping &amp; choking members of Congress w/ your payroll, or is this just the standard culture of #TeamMitch?&quot; she asked.</p><p>HuffPost <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/aoc-choking-team-mitch-kentucky-picnic_n_5d48b3a5e4b01ae816c7416c">got McConnell campaign spokesman Kevin Golden to comment</a> on the gross photo. He responded by absolving Mitch of any guilt and basically saying everyone should get over it.</p><p>Team Mitch &ldquo;in no way condones any aggressive, suggestive, or demeaning act toward life-sized cardboard cutouts of any gender,&rdquo; the spokesperson told HuffPost. He added that the guys in the pic are &ldquo;not campaign staff; they&rsquo;re high schoolers, and it&rsquo;s incredible that the national media has sought to once again paint a target on their backs rather than report real, and significant news in our country.&rdquo;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>So yeah, let&#39;s just follow Team Mitch&#39;s lead and let white teen boys act out with impunity. That always ends so well.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

AOC responds to Mitch McConnell supporters who posted pic choking, kissing cutout of her.

.A bunch of young white men in Mitch McConnell T-shirts posted a photo of themselves pretending to grope, kiss and choke a cardboard cutout of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. And AOC isn&#39;t letting it go unnoticed.The photo shows the boys in &quot;Team Mitch&quot; T-shirts looking gleeful as they pretend to abuse the cutout of AOC in various ways.Pictured: seven young white men in “Team Mitch” T-shirts, gathered round a distressed looking cardboard @AOC, groping and kissing her. The caption, “break me off a piece of that.”Future federal judges of America. pic.twitter.com/t877J7Pcye&mdash; feminist next door (@emrazz) August 5, 2019 One of the boys apparently posted it on Instagram with the caption &quot;break me off a piece of that.&quot;When word of the photo spread, people reacted with disgust.They don&#39;t realize what they&#39;re doing is messed up?Disagreeing with someone is one thing - simulating sexual degradation is a different matter completely.&mdash; Spencer MOOD? 🇨🇦 (@Spencer_MOOD) August 5, 2019 Team Mitch 2020: Sexual Harassment Fantasy Camp&mdash; Michael Dobozy (Progressives Show Up to Work) (@dobozysaurus) August 5, 2019 If this doesn&#39;t clearly demonstrate the link between white supremacy and male supremacy, I don&#39;t know what does.&mdash; K Hanson (@khansonbooks) August 5, 2019 Some are even calling for Mitch McConnell to speak up against it.Horrifying and Mitch McConnell needs to publicly and loudly denounce this immediately.&mdash; hugh field (@RealHughField) August 5, 2019 Then, it landed in AOC&#39;s lap. She responded by calling out McConnell directly.Hey @senatemajldr - these young men look like they work for you.Just wanted to clarify: are you paying for young men to practice groping &amp; choking members of Congress w/ your payroll, or is this just the standard culture of #TeamMitch?Thanks. https://t.co/ysRJuwonUx&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 6, 2019 &quot;Hey @senatemajldr,&quot; she tweeted, tagging McConnell&#39;s Twitter account, &quot;these young men look like they work for you.&quot;She went on to ask if they&#39;re actual members of his staff who are being paid to act this way.&quot;Just wanted to clarify: are you paying for young men to practice groping &amp; choking members of Congress w/ your payroll, or is this just the standard culture of #TeamMitch?&quot; she asked.HuffPost got McConnell campaign spokesman Kevin Golden to comment on the gross photo. He responded by absolving Mitch of any guilt and basically saying everyone should get over it.Team Mitch &ldquo;in no way condones any aggressive, suggestive, or demeaning act toward life-sized cardboard cutouts of any gender,&rdquo; the spokesperson told HuffPost. He added that the guys in the pic are &ldquo;not campaign staff; they&rsquo;re high schoolers, and it&rsquo;s incredible that the national media has sought to once again paint a target on their backs rather than report real, and significant news in our country.&rdquo;So yeah, let&#39;s just follow Team Mitch&#39;s lead and let white teen boys act out with impunity. That always ends so well.

.A bunch of young white men in Mitch McConnell T-shirts posted a photo of themselves pretending to grope, kiss and choke a cardboard cutout of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. And AOC isn&#39;t letting it go unnoticed.  The photo shows the boys...