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AOC Torches Jesse Watters: 'You Can Either Be A Pervert Or Ask Me To Be On Your Little Show'

Fox News host Jesse Watters could have a hard time booking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who declined an invite Wednesday from one of his producers — and later called Watters “a pervert” for making sexually suggestive comments about her on his show.

A “Jesse Watters Primetime” producer approached Ocasio-Cortez outside the U.S. Capitol and, as captured by Migrant Insider editor Pablo Manríquez, asked if she would “join” the conservative pundit on his program at some point in the near future.

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The New York Democrat wouldn’t have it, stating, “He has sexualized me on his show. He has sexually harassed me on his show. He has engaged in horrific, sexually exploitative rhetoric,” before the producer cut her off to claim: “That’s not true, Congresswoman.”

“It is true, it is true,” Ocasio-Cortez pushed back. “It is true, because he accused me of sleeping — of wanting to quote unquote ‘sleep with Stephen Miller.’ So why don’t you tell me what you think is acceptable to tell a woman? Thank you.”

The contentious exchange spanned less than 30 seconds, but went viral on social media.

“Those guys have normalised misogyny to the point where they don’t even recognise it anymore,” wrote one X user, with another person commenting: “I’m not even a fan of AOC but she’s right, the fox guy is a sleezeball.”

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Watters did indeed claim baselessly on his show last fall that the Democratic lawmaker wanted to have *** with Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff and architect of President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration policies and “MAGA” agenda.

“I think AOC wants to sleep with Miller,” Watters said at the time. “It’s so obvious.”

He then added: “I’m sorry, you can’t have him.”

Fox News host Jesse Watters made a vile comment last fall about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wanting to sleep with Trump minion Stephen Miller.

Fox News host Jesse Watters made a vile comment last fall about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wanting to sleep with Trump minion Stephen Miller. Left: Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press; Right: Andy Kropa/Invision/Associated Press

Watters has long used his Fox News show to issue “rules” for “real” men, stating they should never use a straw or accompany their wives to the grocery store.

His comment about Ocasio-Cortez and Miller came after the Democrat criticized “insecure” MAGA men in an Instagram Live broadcast and urged her followers to “laugh” at them. She argued that their movement is “predicated on the puffery of insecure masculinity” and joked about Miller’s height.

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The lawmaker later insisted that she wasn’t mocking anyone for their height, but for “the way people overcompensate over their own stories.”

After learning that her exchange with Watters’ producer on Wednesday had gone viral, Ocasio-Cortez minced no words in addressing Watters directly, declaring on X: “You can either be a pervert or ask me to be on your little show. Not both. Good luck!”

X users applauded the Democrat for holding Watters accountable.

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