AOC, Squad hit with backlash for voting to prevent railworkers from striking

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) are being criticized online for voting to forcibly end a potential nationwide rail strike on Wednesday. The House passed legislation yesterday that would force an agreement between the railway workers’ unions and management companies, utilizing a 1926 rule giving the government power to order tentative agreements …