Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., criticized Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for not commenting on the shooting of two officers in her district. (ALLISON BAILEY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
The House Republican, whose district also includes New York City, included a screenshot of a report by the New York Post stating that sources told the outlet 19-year-old Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, arrested in the shooting of New York City Police Department Officers Richard Yarusso and Christopher Abreu, has a tattoo that signals to investigators he could be a member of Venezuela's "bloodthirsty" Tren de Aragua gang.
Fox News Digital reached out to Ocasio-Cortez's congressional office for comment early Wednesday.
Authorities said Castro Mata illegally entered the United States last July near Eagle Pass, Texas, and was staying at a migrant shelter in East Elmhurst, Queens.
New York Police Department 115th Precinct Officer Richard Yarusso, who was shot in the chest and saved by his vest, wheels his partner, Officer Christopher Abreu, who was shot in the leg, out of the emergency room at the Elmhurst Hospital to the applause of NYPD brass and fellow officers early Monday, June 3, 2024. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Last month, when the House’s Oversight and Judiciary Committee convened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt, Greene was speaking when Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Mo., interrupted the Republican, asking "do you know what we're here for?" Greene shot back that the Democrat did not know, taking a personal dig that her "fake eyelashes are messing up what you're reading."
Ocasio-Cortez chimed in to move to take down Greene's words. "That is absolutely unacceptable. How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person," Ocasio-Cortez said.
Greene asked, "Are your feelings hurt?"
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"Oh girl, baby girl!" Ocasio-Cortez exclaimed in anger. "Don't even play."
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
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