AOC: ‘Deplatforming Works…Good Things Can Happen,’ ‘It’s Important’
18th September 2025
“Deplatforming works and it is important,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) declared on-camera when Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News – but, Democrats are singing a different tune now that one of their own has been suspended indefinitely for comments regarding the assassination of conservative Charlie Kirk.
“Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News. Couldn’t have happened to a better guy,” Rep. Ocasio-Cortez cheered in a social media video in 2023, in which she cited Carlson’s firing as an example of the “good things” that can happen when others are silenced:
The New York Democrat also claimed Carlson was responsible for driving “death threats” against her and others across the country. She also compared him to a Marvel movie villain, saying she feared he would eventually “reemerge.”