The New York congresswoman didn't take kindly to Cruz's ivory tower rhetoric seemingly mocking her previous profession. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) fired back at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) after he branded her a “parasite” for receiving a government paycheck and suggesting that billionaires couldn’t have earned all their money. “I recognize for her –– given that she was a bartender –– that’s probably true, and there is no disrespect to bartenders,” Cruz told Fox News’ Sean Hannity . “