"Republicans are making a foolish mistake," according to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

In the budgeting fight related to the government shutdown, Donald Trump and other top Republicans have vowed to make cuts that they say are "Democrat priorities," in an attempt to force the Dem hand and compel a resolution in favor of the GOP. But in doing so, Ocasio-Cortez says that they are making a grave miscalculation.

"Republicans are making a foolish mistake by saying they think that making investments in housing and energy are so-called 'Democrat priorities,'" she wrote in an email to supporters late on Wednesday evening. "Cutting the EPA as a 'Democrat priority.' Do you know what this country looked like before the EPA?"

She went on to explain, "Rivers in rural areas were on fire because of corporations poisoning the people who lived in those areas. Poor, middle-class communities getting poisoned and dumped on by corporations — like Deloitte and 3M — pouring chemicals into these places."

Then, AOC took a defiant tone, digging in her heels on those priorities.

"Well, you know what? You're damn well right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned by identifying dangerous chemicals that are being dumped and causing cancer in people without their knowledge. You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing, and mortgages, and rent. And you're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to raise the minimum wage in this country to allow people to get a fair shot at the American dream," she wrote.

She then concluded, "If they want to say that's a 'Democratic priority' — they're right. And they are targeting all of us with this. And it's important for us to remember that these priorities are actually not partisan at all."