House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed the Twitter-dependent influence of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her progressive colleagues for voting against an emergency aid package for the southern border.

“All these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world,” the California Democrat told the New York Times in a report published Sunday. “But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people and that’s how many votes they got.”

Ocasio-Cortez responded to Pelosi in a social media message to her 4.7 million followers on Twitter.

“That public ‘whatever’ is called public sentiment,” the New York Democrat posted. “And wielding the power to shift it is how we actually achieve meaningful change in this country.”

“I find it strange when members act as though social media isn’t important,” she added.

Along with Ocasio-Cortez, Pelosi was referring to Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts – all freshman House members – for voting against the $4.6 billion bill last month.

“Patetico!” Omar later tweeted. “They’re just salty about WHO is wielding power to shift ‘public sentiment’ these days.”

“Sorry not sorry,” she said.

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