Trump has reportedly used lawyers in the past to threaten his alma mater against releasing his own college records.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) responded to misogynistic insults from President Donald Trump on Thursday morning, in which the commander-in-chief disparages her intelligence and academic record. Trump made the comments during a Fox Business interview. “AOC was a poor student… this is not even a smart person, other than she’s got a good line of stuff,” the president said about Ocasio-Cortez. “I mean, she goes out and she yaps.” The legislator, however, who has defended herself from racist attacks in the past from Trump and other conservatives, has earned academic accolades, including graduating cum laude from her alma mater, Boston University. Ocasio-Cortez noted that the president himself has been less than forthcoming when it comes to his academic record. “Let’s make a deal, Mr. President. You release your college transcript, I’ll release mine, and we’ll see who was the better student,” she wrote in a tweet responding to a video of his interview. “Loser has to fund the Post Office,” she added. The last line of her tweet referenced comments Trump made Wednesday that caused many to speculate he was purposely hurting USPS in order to sabotage the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
