Stein, who has a history of confronting other politicians, including Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., has gained a reputation for being a “right-wing” comedian, but he objects to that label.
“Really, I’m anti-establishment,” he said.
“I believe that we should have socialized medicine,” Stein said, noting that was one left-wing idea that he shares with Ocasio-Cortez, whose district includes parts of Queens and The Bronx.
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Calling the New York Democrat his “favorite big booty Latina,” comedian Alex Stein yelled to the lawmaker that he loved her as she entered the building on July 13 in a video he posted online.
"She wants to kill babies but she’s still beautiful. You look very beautiful in that dress. You look very sexy.
Look at that booty on AOC," he catcalled to Ocasio-Cortez.
“Look how sexy she looks in that dress. Oooh, I love it AOC. Hot, hot, hot like a tamale.”
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Stein’s lawsuit cites a federal appeals court decision that ruled against then-President Donald Trump, saying he violated the constitutional rights of several people by blocking them from following him on Twitter.
The appeals court said Trump was acting in his official presidential capacity when he blocked those people.
Stein’s lawyer, Jonathan Gross, in an interview, said the reference to Ocasio-Cortez’s body “is a satire,” and the reference to her support for abotion rights “is obviously political.”
“Mr. Stein has a constitutional right to access Ms. Cortez’s Twitter account as part of vigorous public comment and criticism,” according to the suit. “Ms. Cortez’s practice of blocking Twitter users she disagrees with is unconstitutional and this suit seeks to redress that wrong.”
“My client is a political satirist,” Gross said. “Political speech, the Supreme Court has said, is the highest level of protected speech.”
But Gross said that regardless of what Stein said, the New York congresswoman does not have the legal right to block him on Twitter.
In his interview with CNBC, Stein said, “I didn’t really want to disrespect her” with his comments.
“It was the most gracious way I could say it,” Stein said, claiming he was actually “complimenting her.”