Dov Hikind: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a ‘Coward’ for Blocking Me on Twitter

Americans Against Antisemitism founder Dov Hikind said Thursday that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was a “coward” for blocking him on Twitter and for trying to have a lawsuit dismissed that would force her to allow him and others to view her account.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez recently blocked Hikind from viewing her Twitter account, for which Hikind sued the New York progressive. In response to the lawsuit, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez admitted that she barred Hikind on Twitter, did not cite any offensive tweet as a reason to block him, while claiming that the ruling that President Donald Trump, as a public politician, cannot block users does not apply her.

“After acknowledging that she blocked me to disable my commenting without citing an offensive comment, it’s clear to me that Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is a coward,” said Hikind in a press release Thursday. “With millions of followers why is she still so afraid of what I have to say?”

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez reportedly claimed that the Federal Court of Appeals ruling that Trump’s blocking of American Twitter users was unconstitutional does not apply to her despite using the same argument made by the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ), which the court rejected.

Hikind continued:

Frankly, I’m shocked that this is the best defense she could come up with despite some pricey law firm in her employ. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is seeking a dismissal as it appears she’s under the impression that what’s law for the President of the United States is not law enough for her. At present, my lawyers, Jacob and Israel Weinstein of Weinstein & Weinstein LLP, are proceeding with a motion for a judgement on the pleadings as there is no issue of fact here and the law is perfectly clear: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has and continues to willfully violate my First Amendment Rights.

Other political figures and activists have also sued Ocasio-Cortez for blocking them on Twitter.

Joseph Saladino, a Republican congressional candidate for New York’s 11th congressional district, sued the New York progressive for blocking him on Twitter.

“I have officially filed my lawsuit against AOC for blocking me on Twitter,” said Saladino. “Trump is not allowed to block people, will the standards apply equally? Stay tuned to find out!”