Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Omar Defend Tlaib’s ‘Impeach the Mother F*cker’ Remark on Desus & Mero

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the featured guest on the inaugural episode of Showtime’s Desus & Mero, and the New York Democrat defended her colleague’s explicit remark about President Donald Trump that set off an outrage cycle last month.

Ocasio-Cortez appeared on the talk show helmed by Bronx duo Desus Nice and the Kid Mero, and at one point was joined by two other freshman Democrats: Rep. Rashida Tlaib — who last month told a crowd, referring to Trump, that she would “impeach the motherfucker” — and Rep. Ilhan Omar.

“Rashida got into a little bit of trouble for saying a boo-boo word,” Ocasio-Cortez explained on Desus & Mero. “I hit up Rashida, I sent her a text, and I was like, ‘Don’t worry about it, I mean who cares.’ And she was like ‘Yeah, I’m from Detroit, back there that’s just what we call, ‘That guy.'”

“No it’s honestly — that’s saying, ‘That guy,'” Tlaib said.

“The double standard in that is that, that guy, never gets in trouble for all of the boo-boo words he uses,” Omar added.

The Minnesota Democrat — who has faced outrage over some of her own remarks since getting to Capitol Hill — continued: “I think we have a beef with almost anyone here because there’s a lack of courage. It seems like we’re all radical because we deeply care about the people we represent and we want to throw down for them.”

Watch above, via Showtime.