{"id":373186,"date":"2018-08-13T11:40:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T10:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/dem-candidate-refuses-catcalling-debate-offer-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-08-13T11:40:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T10:40:42","slug":"dem-candidate-refuses-catcalling-debate-offer-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/dem-candidate-refuses-catcalling-debate-offer-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem candidate refuses \u2018catcalling\u2019 debate offer \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has declined Ben Shapiro\u2019s challenge to debate him for $10,000, likening the conservative host\u2019s offer to catcalling.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJust like catcalling, I don\u2019t owe a response to unsolicited requests from men with bad intentions,\u201d<\/em> Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Thursday. \u201cAnd also like catcalling, for some reason they feel entitled to one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Just like catcalling, I don\u2019t owe a response to unsolicited requests from men with bad intentions.<\/p>\n

And also like catcalling, for some reason they feel entitled to one. pic.twitter.com\/rsD17Oq9qe<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) August 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Shapiro responded, denying his offer to debate had \u2018bad intentions.\u2019 \u201cSlandering someone as a sexist catcaller without reason or evidence does demonstrate cowardice and bad intent, however,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

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Discussion and debate are not \u201cbad intentions.\u201d Slandering someone as a sexist catcaller without reason or evidence does demonstrate cowardice and bad intent, however. https:\/\/t.co\/kYaYuf0W43<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It\u2019s not about \u201cowing\u201d a response. It\u2019s about stepping up to the plate and defending your platform against someone who doesn\u2019t agree with you. If by \u201cbad intentions,\u201d you mean @benshapiro<\/a> wants to have a civil debate, then sure. How evil. https:\/\/t.co\/ulb5L7HAYm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) August 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Is Ben Shapiro running for NYT-14? No? Is he even a constituent of NY-14? No? Then she has zero obligation to debate him.<\/p>\n

\u2014 AmiableQuinn (@AmiableQuinn) August 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Shapiro extended the invitation to Ocasio-Cortez on his \u2018The Ben Shapiro Show\u2019 on Wednesday, telling his audience he would donate $10,000 to Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s campaign or a charity if she would come on the show to debate him so that he could \u201cprobe\u201d<\/em> her belief system.<\/p>\n

The conservative host referenced Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s comments that Republicans aren\u2019t willing to debate, and said he wanted to ask her to “name an industry you would not nationalize; which ones should the government not run and why?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAlright, can she name any of them?\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez is running to represent New York\u2019s 14th Congressional District on a social-democratic platform which includes calling for Medicare for all, tuition-free public college education, and an end to the use of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0US can afford \u2018unlimited war\u2019 but not Medicare for all, says Ocasio-Cortez<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

She beat veteran Representative Joe Crowley (D-NY) in the primary, prompting the Democratic National Committee\u2019s Tom Perez to describe the former Bernie Sanders campaign organizer as \u201cthe future\u201d<\/em> of the Democratic party.<\/p>\n

Shapiro is a staunch right-winger and critic of democratic socialism whose Daily Wire website is owned by fossil fuel billionaires the Dan and Farris Wilks. He has written a book called, \u2018How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them.\u2019<\/p>\n

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