Pence Blasts AOC Over ‘Concentration Camp’ Remark

Pence Blasts AOC Over ‘Concentration Camp’ Remark
US Vice President Mike Pence addresses media and guests at a press conference at the Port of Miami in Miami, Florida on June 18, 2019. RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
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WASHINGTON—In a speech to a pro-Israel group on July 8, Vice President Mike Pence knocked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for likening migrant detainment centers near the southern border to “concentration camps” of the Holocaust.

Speaking at a summit in Washington hosted by Christians United for Israel, a pro-Israel evangelical organization, Pence said the comparison was an insult to the 6 million people who lost their lives in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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