{"id":30035,"date":"2026-02-26T18:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=30035"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:26:21","slug":"gop-assemblyman-calls-out-aocs-suburban-roots-with-yearbook-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=30035","title":{"rendered":"(-) GOP Assemblyman Calls Out AOC\u2019s Suburban Roots With Yearbook Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container fullwidth-entry-title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container-wrapper fullwidth-entry-title\">\n<header class=\"entry-header-outer\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"single-post-meta post-meta clearfix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ocasio-Cortez-.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ocasio-Cortez-.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ocasio-Cortez--300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ocasio-Cortez--1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ocasio-Cortez--768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ocasio-Cortez--1536x821.jpg 1536w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"855\" data-main-img=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container fullwidth-featured-area-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\u00a0Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container\">\n<div id=\"main-content-row\" class=\"tie-row main-content-row\">\n<div class=\"main-content tie-col-md-8 tie-col-xs-12\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"container-wrapper post-content is-trending tie-standard\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>This article may contain commentary<br \/>\nwhich reflects the author&#8217;s opinion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline large ns-no-print\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons-wrapper ns-align-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A New York state senator chastised Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over her background after she referred to herself as a tough \u201cBronx girl\u201d during an internet battle with President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div id=\"00000001-1207a3d1-4d47-433a-9f8e-3fcc590085eb\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\" data-section=\"00000001-1207a3d1-4d47-433a-9f8e-3fcc590085eb\" data-orig-id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" data-render-time=\"1772129742704\">\n<div id=\"6957b6b9-bbe2-463c-a3bf-e28d0e449c20\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Republican State Assemblyman Matt Slater chastised the leftist firebrand, who represents parts of the Bronx and Queens, by sharing a photograph of her from her freshman year at suburban Yorktown High School, an affluent private school that is over an hour north of the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a BX girl then why are you in my Yorktown yearbook? Give it up already,\u201d Tweeted Slater, who was a senior at the same school when Ocasio-Cortez was a freshman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>Slater\u2019s decision to act occurred after Ocasio-Cortez became involved in a social media feud with Trump, which began when she called for his impeachment due to his authorization of strikes against Iranian nuclear targets the previous weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw the tweet making her out to be this tough Bronx girl, I\u2019d just had enough,\u201d Slater told Fox News Digital. \u201cI literally just reached behind me and grabbed my yearbook, clicked the photos and said: \u2018Listen, enough is enough.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re from Yorktown,\u201d he said. \u201cLet\u2019s end this charade and come clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1937928828581478571&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Focasio-cortez-yearbook-92620%2F&amp;sessionId=6c96eb1d583966c56f88d2058642d135c9096412&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1937928828581478571\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Slater\u2019s post, Ocasio-Cortez traded barbs with Trump via social media.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump criticized the congresswoman, calling her \u201cstupid\u201d and \u201cone of the \u2018dumbest\u2019 people in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"as6124\" data-title=\"You Might Also Like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen we examine her Test Scores, we will find out that she is NOT qualified for office but, nevertheless, far more qualified than Crockett, who is a seriously Low IQ individual, or Ilhan Omar, who does nothing but complain about our Country, yet the Failed Country that she comes from doesn\u2019t have a Government, is drenched in Crime and Poverty, and is rated one of the WORST in the World, if it\u2019s even rated at all,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Ocasio-Cortez, who graduated from Yorktown High School in 2007, wrote a series of posts on X criticizing Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, I\u2019m a Bronx girl. You should know that we can eat Queens boys for breakfast. Respectfully,\u201d she said, referring to Trump\u2019s Queens roots and upbringing.<\/p>\n<p>The constant references to the Bronx disrespect the congresswoman\u2019s Yorktown upbringing, Slater said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat fact that she continues to go on this charade, I think disrespects this town,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that\u2019s part of the problem these days. People just want real leaders, and not manufactured, fake folks who feel like they have to hide their past or create this false narrative to score points or votes and get attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to college in New Hampshire. I don\u2019t say I\u2019m from New Hampshire,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div data-delay=\"4000\" data-block=\"12\">\n<div>Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez frequently boasts her Bronx roots, despite having spent a significant portion of her upbringing further north.<\/p>\n<p>She grew up in the borough\u2019s Parkchester planned neighborhood until the age of five, when she relocated to Yorktown Heights, a Westchester County suburb, seeking better schooling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is nice. Growing up, it was a good town for working people,\u201d she said in reference to Yorktown in a 2018 tweet questioning her Bronx upbringing. \u201cMy mom scrubbed toilets so I could live here &amp; I grew up seeing how the zip code one is born in determines much of their opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Slater argued that Ocasio-Cortez was misrepresenting herself so that she could be seen as \u201crelatable\u201d to voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, hiding or distorting her roots was done for a very specific reason and obviously that reason was to help her get elected,\u201d he said. \u201cThat fact that she keeps putting up this front. I just got to that point where I was like \u2018enough is enough.\u2019 If you\u2019re not going to be honest about it then we\u2019re going to be honest for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Getty Images This article may contain commentary which reflects the author&#8217;s opinion. A New York state senator chastised Rep. 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