CNN Anderson Cooper 360 visitor host John Berman kicked off Thursday’s present with a virtually 15-minute interview with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that largely consisted of him opening up the ground to her to accuse Republicans of being bigots for kicking Rep. Ilhan Omar off the Overseas Affairs Committee and for partaking in “stochastic terrorism.”

Berman led off by placing the ball on the tee, “So Consultant Omar mentioned that the vote at the moment was about revenge. Is that the way you see it?”

Naturally, it was:

Completely. You understand, I believe this was about revenge. This was about petty politics. But additionally, I believe it is also vital to state that this was not nearly Republicans attempting to feed a base that they’ve already primed for years below Donald Trump with racism, misogyny, xenophobia, Islamophobia, but in addition it represents a stripping of an vital perspective on the Home Overseas Affairs Committee, that Ilhan Omar as a refugee, as an immigrant, as the one Hijabi lady in america Congress presents, and that perspective is important when it comes to American international coverage.

American international coverage will survive with out all of the anti-Semitic tweets and comparisons to Hamas and the Taliban. For his half, later within the interview, Berman requested what it’s like for her to share a committee with Rep. Paul Gosar, “Did you are feeling protected sitting there with him?”

Ocasio-Cortez replied together with her typical alarmist rhetoric, “I believe it is uncomfortable serving with individuals who have interaction in what many consultants deem stochastic terrorism, which is the incitement of violence in a — which is an incitement of violence utilizing digital means and huge platforms. In order that particular person themselves is probably not the one which’s wielding a weapon.”

She additionally claimed that, “I’ve needed to trip, as has Consultant Omar, I’ve constantly needed to trip in 20,000-pound armored automobiles, you realize, partaking in a few of the most grotesque threats conceivable that have been incited by Republican members.”

Who knew that illegally parked Teslas got here with armor?

All through the interview, Berman did handle level out that Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell are white and that Omar will nonetheless have a seat on the Funds Committee, the identical of which couldn’t be mentioned for the Republicans that have been kicked off their committees by Democrats, however when it got here to accusing Republicans of inciting terrorism, he merely moved on by asking if Ocasio-Cortez if she believes Trump would be the 2024 Republican nominee.

This phase was sponsored by Ancestry.

Here’s a transcript for the February 2 present:

CNN Anderson Cooper 360

2/2/2023

8:02 PM ET
JOHN BERMAN: So Consultant Omar mentioned that the vote at the moment was about revenge. Is that the way you see it?

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: Completely. You understand, I believe this was about revenge. This was about petty politics. But additionally, I believe it is also vital to state that this was not nearly Republicans attempting to feed a base that they’ve already primed for years below Donald Trump with racism, misogyny, xenophobia, Islamophobia, but in addition it represents a stripping of an vital perspective on the Home Overseas Affairs Committee, that Ilhan Omar as a refugee, as an immigrant, as the one Hijabi lady in america Congress presents, and that perspective is important when it comes to American international coverage.

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BERMAN: Did you are feeling protected sitting there with him?

OCASIO-CORTEZ: I believe it is uncomfortable serving with individuals who have interaction in what many consultants deem stochastic terrorism, which is the incitement of violence in a — which is an incitement of violence utilizing digital means and huge platforms. In order that particular person themselves is probably not the one which’s wielding a weapon.

However I’ve needed to trip, as has Consultant Omar, I’ve constantly needed to trip in 20,000-pound armored automobiles, you realize, partaking in a few of the most grotesque threats conceivable that have been incited by Republican members.

This isn’t nearly a tweet, it’s about what life seems to be like, and the marshaling of a whole bunch, 1000’s if not thousands and thousands of individuals into doing one thing and Donald Trump is aware of that very nicely. And he makes use of and used his rallies very strategically, so as to have interaction in political intimidation of what he deemed his political enemies.