AOC and Candace Owens get stupider by the day: Here's what they said after Trump struck Iran's nuclear facilities
Progressive firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and MAGA icon Candace Owens lash out at Trump’s Iran strikes, one calls for impeachment, the other cries betrayal. But both ignore the deadly seriousness of Tehran’s nuclear threat.
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When President Donald Trump announced U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, a bold move to halt Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Dubbed “Midnight Hammer,” the operation deployed B-2 stealth bombers and 75 precision-guided munitions, including bunker-busting bombs, to target sites Israeli intelligence warned were weeks from producing bomb-grade uranium.
The strikes, coordinated with Israel’s earlier “Operation Rising Lion,” ignited a firestorm of criticism from two prominent voices: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and conservative commentator Candace Owens. Their outrage, while distinct, reflects ideological blind spots that overlook the strategic necessity of confronting Iran’s threat to the U.S. and its ally, Israel.
AOC’s Constitutional Crusade
AOC, the progressive Democrat from New York, quickly condemned the strikes as a constitutional overreach. She called the action “absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment,” arguing Trump violated the War Powers Act by bypassing Congress. Her campaign forwarded the message with fundraising emails, framing the strikes as a reckless step toward a decades-long Middle East conflict. Joined by Reps. Ro Khanna and Rashida Tlaib, AOC pushed a War Powers Resolution to curb further unauthorized action, warning of a “quagmire” that could imperil American lives.
Owens’ MAGA Betrayal Narrative
Candace Owens, a staunch Trump ally, took a different tack, decrying the strikes as a betrayal of the “America First” ethos. On June 18, she posted on X that Trump’s openness to aiding Israel against Iran “completely fractured his base.” After the strikes, she labeled his pairing of peace rhetoric with bombing “utterly deranged,” suggesting influence from pro-Israel donors. Aligning with MAGA skeptics like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Steve Bannon, Owens argued the U.S. was serving Israel’s interests over its own.
Why They’re Wrong
AOC and Owens, despite their ideological divide, misjudge the stakes. Iran’s regime has chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” for decades, backing proxies like Hezbollah that attack U.S. interests. Its nuclear program, nearing weapons-grade capability, posed an imminent threat, as Israeli and U.S. intelligence confirmed. Trump’s strikes, described by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as devastating, aimed to neutralize this danger without ground troops, a limited operation akin to past anti-terror raids. AOC’s focus on congressional approval ignores the president’s authority to act against urgent threats, a precedent set by predecessors across parties. Her impeachment push, while rallying progressives, risks signaling weakness to Iran, which vowed retaliation through its Revolutionary Guard.
Owens’ isolationist critique underestimates the global fallout of a nuclear Iran, which could destabilize the Middle East and threaten U.S. bases. Her claim of a fractured MAGA base ignores polls showing 79% of Trump voters support aiding Israel against Iran. By framing the strikes as an Israeli-driven agenda, she overlooks Trump’s consistent anti-Iran stance, from the 2020 Soleimani strike to this operation. Both women, consumed by ideology, AOC’s anti-war dogma and Owens’ MAGA purism, fail to see the necessity of decisive action to prevent a greater crisis.
Enough is enough. AOC and Owens lost the plot ages ago, descending into rabid Jew-hating antisemites who spew vile hatred with every breath. Their outrage over Trump’s strikes reeks of a twisted agenda, blind to Iran’s genocidal threats against Israel and the U.S. Sick of their relentless venom, it’s clear they’ve abandoned reason for a poisonous narrative that festers unchecked. They are so blindly by hatred and personal agendas they can't see past their noses. That doesn't mean we have to drink their kool aid, neither does it mean we should.