Problem is, her face is pretty. She comes off as a hard worker from the working class. And her tailored suits have messed up many a storyline.
Fox News assembled a panel to discuss a pair of her shoes. They were on display in an exhibit at Cornell University titled “Women Empowered: Fashions from the Frontline.”
Ocasio-Cortez trolled the panelists in Spanish, tweeting the words of a popular song. In English, “No, it’s not love. What you feel is called obsession.”
When a follower asked whether Fox News would have to hire a translator, she tweeted, “Don’t worry, Fox News has made it clear that they are far superior to + more intelligent than me, who they’ve called a ‘little, simple person.’ So I’m sure catching up to me in spoken languages shouldn’t be a problem for them.”
Serious interviews show that she clearly needs to bone up on public affairs. But dumb she is not. Those on the right depicting her as such should, in the interest of consistency, demand that Donald Trump read something every now and then.
Secret sauce found
Writing on the conservative website The Federalist, Houston talk show host Jesse Kelly cited a “mind-numbingly stupid” tweet by Ocasio-Cortez. His real concern, however, is that the right isn’t sufficiently scared of her.
“In politics,” Kelly wrote, “there is no ability like relatability.” Consider AOC’s bull’s-eye tweet about health care costs facing ordinary people: “As a waitress, I had to pay more than TWICE what I’d pay as a member of Congress.”
Kelly waved a poll taken the May before the 2016 presidential election as evidence of the threat. It showed Bernie Sanders leading Trump by over 10 percentage points in a hypothetical race.
Actually, the poll reflected realities Kelly chose to ignore. One was how unappealing most voters regarded Trump. Another was that Trump and his backers were themselves promoting Sanders at the time to sabotage Hillary Clinton. Finally, a lot of people who dislike Sanders dislike Trump more.
Ocasio-Cortez’s ability to come off as “real” and to fearlessly mock her foes on social media has been likened to Trump’s. That’s what might concern Republicans. It’s like the left found the secret sauce.
On the other hand, AOC is a junior member of Congress. Trump is commander in chief. There’s a difference, you know.
