Concha slams AOC for suggesting government 'rein in' media: 'Belongs in China'

Fox News contributor Joe Concha weighs in on media coverage of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's controversial comments about a new government commission.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Monday appeared unimpressed by a tweet from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called on Congress to defund ICE at a press conference in Washington.#CNN #News. Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives have previously called for the abolition of ICE, but her suggestion to dissolve the umbrella department that oversees numerous agencies – including the Federal. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Monday appeared unimpressed by a tweet from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

To show their appreciation for the civil rights icon on the federal holiday, ICE tweeted an image of a King statue, with the text: 'Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of hope, justice and equality.'

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Without addressing King directly, Ocasio-Cortez retweeted the text and called for the agency to be abolished.

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Ocasio-Cortez has called for dismantling the agency for years, even in moments when her Democratic colleagues appeared to back away from the idea.

Though Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitter feed on Monday was filled with references to King and his legacy, King's niece, Alveda King, told Fox News that the congresswoman ought to 'take a page out of Martin Luther King Jr.’s book.'

The suggestion came in response to Ocasio-Cortez’s comments during a virtual town hall last week in which she referred to President Donald Trump as the 'poison of White supremacy.'

'I believe that AOC really should take a page out of Martin Luther King Jr.'s book.' King told Fox News host Harris Faulkner.

Alveda told Faulkner that while her uncle praised the law for keeping bad actors in line, 'he also said that the law cannot transform the human heart.'

'There are laws on the books now that will severely punish White supremacists, and that should be the case,' she explained. 'We know that White supremacy is wrong, it must be punished, but every crime against humanity is bad and so we have to protect human dignity, but not only with the law. We have to transform these hearts.'

Meghan McCain and her 'View' co-hosts got into a heated exchange during Wednesday's episode over President Trump's prime-time discussion of the border.

“So the crisis at the border, according to a Morning Consult political poll conducted Jan. 4 through 6, found 79 percent of all voters in the country think that there is a crisis or problem with illegal immigration on the southern border,” McCain, 34, began (via Mediaite). '[Daily Wire editor] Ben Shapiro had the best tweet, I think. All Democrats have to do is not be crazy to win 2020, because we have so much crazy right now.”

McCain then brought up Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and the freshman House member's appearance on Tuesday's 'Rachel Maddow Show' broadcast following Trump's address, saying the 29-year-old congresswoman was 'basically demonizing border agents and ICE.' (ICE is the acronym for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.)

'When I see people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doing her own rebuttal – which, by the way, was far more concise than Chuck [Schumer] and Nancy [Pelosi], on 'Rachel Maddow' last night – and she was basically demonizing border agents and ICE, the problem is whether liberals like it or not, border security is a big issue for Americans,' McCain said, adding, 'It’s one of the major reasons why Trump got elected.'

Meghan McCain and her 'View' co-hosts got into a heated exchange during Wednesday's episode over President Trump's prime-time address about the border. (ABC)

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg fired back, saying she doesn't think border security is the issue.

'It is the wall that I think the Democrats are speaking about,' Goldberg said.

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'But when you’re talking about getting rid of ICE, which is what she was referencing ... it’s now become one of the trends on the far left that is coming towards the middle. There’s no victory lap,' responded McCain, before co-host Sunny Hostin chimed in to say she doesn't believe 'it's coming towards the middle.'

“I think most Democrats believe in border security,” Hostin said. “I think this crisis is perhaps a humanitarian crisis, but it’s a crisis started by this president because this president is the one that separated families.”

Joy Behar echoed Hostin's remarks, saying 'there are still children who are kept in cages at the border' due to Trump, which did not sit well with McCain. She insisted that former President Barack Obama started the policy.

The two ABC co-hosts went back and forth on which president started the policy before McCain concluded: “What I’m trying to tell you is if Democrats want to win in 2020, don’t demonize people that want hard border security -- and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a huge voice in the party, and what she is talking.'

Goldberg urged McCain to 'please stop that.'

'She is not a huge voice in the party, she just got here.'