{"id":10946,"date":"2026-05-24T09:55:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10946"},"modified":"2026-05-24T09:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:55:45","slug":"aoc-tells-new-yorkers-to-pull-up-to-alabama-during-fiery-rally-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10946","title":{"rendered":"AOC tells New Yorkers to \u2018pull up\u2019 to Alabama during fiery rally speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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Help us get the boat off the trailer, like cut the grass, track a deer in the woods?\u201d Spears said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p>\u201cRoll up and do what exactly? Because you\u2019re standing behind, like, pope glass in your own hometown. You come down here starting that s\u2014, you better bring a tank. That\u2019s not a good idea. You stay where you\u2019re at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spears also criticized the divisive nature of her remarks, writing in the video caption that \u201cAOC talking about the North \u2018rolling up\u2019 on the South and Alabama, like this is still the 1860s, is wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe\u00a0politicians should spend less time\u00a0trying to divide Americans and more time fixing the mess we already have,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIf you\u2019re not from these states, it\u2019s time to pull up,\u201d AOC said during her speech in Alabama. <span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another TikTok creator, Kei Bennett, whose video garnered more than 800,000 views, warned Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s supporters not to take the bait.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to issue a stern warning so you do not take her advice and pull up on Alabama,\u201d Bennett said, jokingly citing local dangers ranging from wild hogs and bayou gators to locals who \u201cwill not hesitate to unite and get you the f\u2014 up out of here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bennett, who has more than half a million followers on the platform, warned the congresswoman\u2019s followers that \u201cdown here in the South we don\u2019t call cops, we call coroners,\u201d adding, \u201cStay your a\u2013 up there, leave us alone. 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