Tommy Tuberville slams Democrats for ‘demonizing’ young male voters after AOC ‘masculinity’ remarks backfire

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., had a highly scrutinized moment during Wednesday night's CNN town hall with Bernie Sanders, when the congresswoman addressed why she believed Republicans have more success garnering support among young men. 

"They are able to radicalize, and target and exploit a generation of young boys, in particular, away from healthy masculinity, and into an insecure masculinity that requires a domination of others, who are poorer, browner, darker or a different gender than them," Ocasio-Cortez answered, garnering backlash on social media. 

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., an SEC-championship-winning football coach who coached at the high school and collegiate level for 40 years, responded to Fox News Digital when asked for his reaction to Ocasio-Cortez's statement. 

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., arrives for the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.  (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"When I was coaching, I taught my players that this is the greatest country in the world and if you work hard, the sky is the limit for what you can achieve — no matter what you look like. Unfortunately, woke Democrats have spent the past 20 years telling young men they are ‘racist,’ ‘sexist,’ and ‘toxic’ simply for being men," Tuberville said. 

"But it didn’t stop there — Democrats tried to prevent men from getting jobs just because of their skin color and also tried to baselessly cancel them during the ‘Me Too’ movement. It’s no wonder that