In the tweet, Bratton - who worked under outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio - shared a picture of many homeless people sleeping on a New York City subway train.
"You know why NY's 'recovery' isn't happening? This photo today on the E Train at 6:45 am at 42nd & 8th says it all," he announced on Wednesday.
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"Why should working people & tourists be subjected to this? How's it fair to those who need services? Imagine the cops' frustration with no support to deal with it!"
Ocasio-Cortez followed many others on the Left in denouncing the tweet for showing insensitivity to homeless people and pointing out how much of the city's budget the police takes up, effectively continuing her call to defund the NYPD.
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"Of course they're frustrated," she tweeted in response.
"It's not policing's job or purpose to address housing, provide healthcare or counseling, or solve the reasons people sleep on the subway. Maybe if we shifted some of that $11B/year spent on robo dogs to housing services we could get somewhere."
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Ocasio-Cortez, who supported Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2020 primary and has been quoted as stating that in "any other country, Joe Biden and I would not be in the same party," has been a persistent backer of defunding the police.
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She has announced in the wake of Democrats losing elections in 2021 that the so-called "woke problem" was "made up" to attempt and push the left away from battling for racial injustice and election reform, which she insists could help them win.
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"One dangerous aspect of thinking there's a 'woke problem' is that Dem chances for re-election or majorities in House, Senate, & WH [White House] rely on the racial justice issue of voting rights," the New York representative has tweeted.
"Dems distancing from racial justice makes protection of voting rights less likely, ensuring losses."
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Ocasio-Cortez is behind the Green New Deal, which former President Donald Trump named "completely crazy" and would "completely shut down American energy."
It called for guaranteeing that future infrastructure bills in Congress address climate change and satisfy 100 percent of the United States' power needs with "clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources."
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The second-term Congresswoman has energetically fought for the "defund" movement.
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Ocasio-Cortez announced in June 2020 she's "actively engaged in advocacy" for a "reduction of our NYPD budget and defunding a $6 billion NYPD budget that costs us books in the hands of our children and costs us very badly needed investment in NYCHA [New York City Housing Authority] and public housing."
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