AOC cites need to 'play hardball' on coronavirus relief packages, in push for $2,000 per month payments

Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday called out Congress for not being in session when communities like hers are in crisis as she demanded bold measures for hard-hit families -- including undocumented immigrants -- rather than what she called the "crumb" they've been dealt in previous coronavirus relief efforts."We need to be able to play hardball so that working families can get the meaningful help that they need," Ocasio-Cortez said in a press call Monday with the freshman "squad," progressive leaders and activists.AOC RAISES WHOPPING $2.7M SO FAR IN 2020, AHEAD OF CROWDED PRIMARYAs of now, Ocasio-Cortez said she doesn't intend to support the "Phase 3.5" interim coronavirus package -- with a price tag for now of roughly $470 billion -- designed to replenish a small business fund and give more help for hospitals and testing. Other members touted their priorities, including Tlaib's bill to ensure access to safe drinking water and Omar's legislation to cancel rent and mortgage payments during the pandemic, and Pressley's call for student debt cancellations.The progressive leaders and activists said the coronavirus crisis exposed the race, immigration and class disparities in America and now it's time to demand bold action to fix the system.