Ocasio-Cortez tells Mike Huckabee to leave 'false statements' to his daughter

"We went to the moon".

After becoming the youngest woman elected to Congress, Ocasio-Cortez's victory was a signal to her supporters that she had the momentum to push forward with a plan for what many are calling the "Green New Deal".

Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got into a Twitter tiff with former Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee, telling him to leave the "false statements" to his daughter the White House press secretary. We established civil rights. "She's much better at it".

While it is uncommon for new members of the House to gain a seat on that Committee, Ocasio-Cortez insisted that it was worth pursuing.

"Ocasio-Cortez is campaigning for what she terms a Green New Deal, which would involve 'transitioning the United States to a carbon-free, 100-percent renewable energy system, and a fully modernized electrical grid by 2035, '" Newsweek reported.

"Leave the false statements to Sarah Huckabee", Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. "We've been done it before, and can do it again", Ocasio-Cortez replied. We enfranchised the country. We dug deep and we did it.

Newly elected representative and social media lightning rod Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) sparked a round of controversy this weekend when she compared the potential cost of Medicare for All to the cost of a supposed "massive accounting fraud" totaling $21 trillion at the Pentagon.

"Alex believes that if we are to uphold civic justice, we must abolish ICE and see to it that our undocumented neighbors are treated with the dignity and respect owed to all people, regardless of citizenship status", her platform reads on her website. "We did it when no one else thought that we could".

"Since there's no edit button, choose your tweet: "We've been here before" (place) "We've done it before" (act) "We've been done it before" (BX colloquial)", she added - then recounted how many high-profile GOP politicians have criticized her since her launch to liberal stardom this summer.