Officer Charlie Rispoli has been on the Gretna, Louisiana police force since 2005.
It appears from Rispoli's post that he was unaware that the story was satire not based on any actual facts. But the officer has since removed the post and also taken down his Facebook page entirely. Previously his posts were semi-private and were only viewable by friends and sometimes friends of friends, according to NOLA.
Ocasio-Cortez and other freshmen progressive Congresswomen, such as Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts have faced significant criticism and even death threats since taking office earlier this year. Last week, President Donald Trumpabout the four congresswomen, first writing on Twitter that they should"go back" to the countries"from which they came." He added:"you can't leave soon enough.
Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez holds an immigration Town Hall in Queens on July 20 in New York CityThe president doubled down on the remarks even after Democrats and some Republicans slammed the attack as"racist" and"xenophobic." All of the congresswomen are women of color and three of the four were born in the U.S. as American citizens. Omar was born in Somalia and immigrated to the U.S. as a young girl. She became a naturalized U.S.
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