‘I Will Never Apologize’: Ocasio-Cortez Defends Concentration Camp Comments Amid Backlash

‘I Will Never Apologize’: Ocasio-Cortez Defends Concentration Camp Comments Amid Backlash
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to the media about Amazon scrapping its plans to build a new headquarters in Queens, New York, on Capitol Hill on Feb. 14, 2019. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has refused to apologize for comments she made in a video earlier this week where she compared U.S. border facilities with “concentration camps,” despite receiving widespread condemnation for the controversial remarks.

“DHS ripped 1000s of children from their parents & put them in cages w inhumane conditions. They call their cells ‘dog pounds’ & ’freezers,'” she wrote on Twitter on June 19.