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The feud between New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, continues to play out on Twitter, with the latest blow coming from the left Thursday.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday once again called on Sen. Ted Cruz to resign, while taking the Texan to task for his role in inciting the January 6 attack by supporters of former.
Ocasio-Cortez said that Cruz bore some responsibility for inciting the riot by supporting Trump's voter fraud claims. In a Thursday tweet, Ocasio-Cortez wrote that Cruz should be replaced.
Minutes later, Cruz retweeted Ocasio-Cortez’s post, writing, “Fully agree.” Roughly an hour later, the congresswoman rejected the Republican senator’s display of support, writing, “I am.
Ocasio-Cortez even found a way to call out Cruz’s “unity” gambit by pointing out the Texas senator’s campaign fundraising messaging that still pushed for challenging the election results.

In an unusual attempt at unity, Cruz retweeted a message from Ocasio-Cortez regarding the latest development in the GameStop saga that has plagued Wall Street this week, creeping it’s way into Washington, D.C.

Ocasio-Cortez was referring to Cruz objecting to the Electoral Vote certification on Jan. During the certification, a group of angry protestors stormed the Capitol building and delayed the process.

Ocasio-Cortez condemned the online trading platform Robinhood, after it restricted users on its app from trading GameStop shares, after the failing retailer saw an unprecedented uptick in its stock this week.

In an attempt to curb trading by small investors -- who some Wall Street veterans fear could destroy hedge funds -- Robinhood took steps to prevent its users from being able to trade freely and reversed the upward trend in GameStop stock value Thursday.

'This is unacceptable,' Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter. 'We now need to know more about [Robinhood’s] decision to block retail investors from purchasing stock while hedge funds are freely able to trade the stock as they see fit.'

Cruz threw his support behind the Democrat, retweeting the message and simply stating, 'Fully agree.'

But instead of acknowledging the rare occasion the two congressional lawmakers could actually find themselves in agreement on an issue, Ocasio-Cortez rebuffed the senator’s support, diverting the conversation to the attack on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month.

'I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there’s common ground, but you almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out,' Ocasio-Cortez shot back at Cruz.

'Happy to work w/ almost any other GOP that aren’t trying to get me killed. In the meantime if you want to help, you can resign,' she added.

The New York Democrat has held Cruz and other GOP lawmakers accountable for the breach on the U.S. Capitol after they propagated debunked allegations against the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.

The attack happened as lawmakers in the House and Senate separated to review and vote on the Electoral College results for states that some GOP lawmakers, including Cruz, objected to.

Videos that surfaced during and after the attack showed some of the pro-Trump supporters specifically targeting certain Democrats like Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez.

The New York Democrat has repeatedly called for Cruz’s resignation from office.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) defended his decision to object to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory during a joint session of Congress after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called on him to resign after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol.

Ocasio Cortez Vs Ted Cruz

'Sen. Cruz, you must accept responsibility for how your craven, self-serving actions contributed to the deaths of four people yesterday. And how you fundraised off this riot,' Ocasio-Cortez tweeted at the lawmaker on Thursday.

'Both you and Senator Hawley must resign. If you do not, the Senate should move for your expulsion,' she added, referring to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who also objected to the certification effort.

Cruz responded by calling the congresswoman 'a liar.'

'Leading a debate in the Senate on ensuring election integrity is doing our jobs, and it's in no way responsible for the despicable terrorists who attacked the Capitol yesterday,' Cruz said. 'And sorry, I ain't going anywhere. When you and your socialist buddies... try to massively raise taxes, when you try to pass the green new deal & destroy millions of jobs, when you push for amnesty, when you try to pack the Supreme Court w/ activists to undermine our Constitutional rights.'

1/2 @AOC You are a liar.

Leading a debate in the Senate on ensuring election integrity is doing our jobs, and it's in no way responsible for the despicable terrorists who attacked the Capitol yesterday.

And sorry, I ain't going anywhere. When you and your socialist buddies... https://t.co/UoKBOC8ZU7

- Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 7, 2021

Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill have claimed that widespread voter fraud led to an unfair election in November. Those claims have been rejected by several courts in key battleground states where the Trump campaign filed lawsuits contesting the results.

Soon after debate began on Biden's victory on Wednesday, pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol, forcing lawmakers to go into hiding and stopping the proceedings.