Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) isn’t backing down after backlash over her remark that “the United States is running concentration camps on our southern border.” Today she told NBC News (watch above) that “I’m absolutely comfortable using that term because it’s rooted in an academic definition.” But that may not be enough to satisfy people like acting ICE Director Mark Morgan.

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Ocasio-Cortez also went back and forth about the terminology on Twitter.

The freshman Congresswoman also said:

For the shrieking Republicans who don’t know the difference: concentration camps are not the same as death camps. Concentration camps are considered by experts as “the mass detention of civilians without trial.” And that’s exactly what this administration is doing.

Concentration camps are not the same as death camps. This is an important distinction. One of the biggest lessons from that dark history is that it didn’t happen overnight. It emerged out of slow, increasingly concerning steps that acclimated the public to inhumane treatment.

And several people agreed with this distinction.

https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1141331227896684544

One person who isn’t ready to support or condemn the comments is the Speaker of the House.