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AOC called 'delusional' after saying Daniel Penny posed danger to subway riders—he was just acquitted in Jordan Neely's death

"This delusion is real and needs to be shamed."

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"This delusion is real and needs to be shamed."

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"Squad" House member Rep. Alexandira-Ocasio Cortez has been slammed as "delusional" by critics after she suggested that subway riders in New York City should be afraid of Daniel Penny. The 26-year-old Marine veteran was acquitted on Monday.

Penny was acquitted after a Manhattan jury ruled that Penny was not guilty of criminally negligent homicide and the judge dismissed the manslaughter charge against him. Amid the acquittal, a clip has resurfaced of Ocasio-Cortez reacting to Penny's previous comments saying that he felt he would take action again if there was a clear and present danger to the people around him.

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“If we do not want violence on the subways and the point of our justice system is a level of accountability to prevent a person who does not have remorse about taking another person’s life," Ocasio-Cortez said. “I mean even people who have engaged in manslaughter or have taken a life accidentally express remorse." She added, "The fact that a person has expressed no remorse indicates a risk that it may happen again. And if we do not want to unleash that level of violence then we should exert a level of accountability to prevent that from happening." 

Penny had been asked by reporters in May 2023 if he would take action again prior to the case going to trial and said at the time, “I would — if there was a threat and danger in the present." Social media users have slammed the Democratic lawmaker as "delusional" for making the comments about Penny, per the New York Post.

One user mocked the representative's claim, saying, "They should rename that the Daniel Penny line. The only safe subway in New York."

https://twitter.com/John_Monahan/status/1866360832944165063

Another chimed in and said, "AOC is just saying what she’s supposed to say in order to appease her woke far left and BLM supporters. No honest person believes we need fewer people willing to step up and protect work and children from being assaulted on the subway."

https://twitter.com/SimonSaysKnow/status/1866356819654013054

Another added, "This delusion is real and needs to be shamed."

https://twitter.com/Derkawho/status/1866432400365912164
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