A trip that would have shown a rare moment of bipartisanship between lawmakers like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a GOP colleague appeared to fall apart last week

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• Last month, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accepted an invitation from Kentucky Republican Rep. Andy Barr to visit coal mines in Eastern Kentucky after the two sparred over climate change policy. 
• But Barr later made the invitation conditional on Ocasio-Cortez offering an apology to Rep. Dan Crenshaw after the New York lawmaker and Crenshaw sparred over Rep. Ilhan Omar's recent comments about 9/11. 
• "GOP's getting scared that up close, their constituents will realize I'm fighting harder for their healthcare than their own Reps," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response to the change.

A trip that would have shown a rare moment of bipartisanship between lawmakers in the House of Representatives appeared to fall apart on Friday.

Last month, New York progressive Rep. Ocasio-Cortez made headlines when she sparred with Kentucky Republican Rep. Andy Barr over climate change policy. Subsequently, she accepted an invitation from Barr to "go underground" in a coal mine in his home district. 

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