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Source: The Guardian
Effort to embarrass freshly sworn-in Congresswoman fails after footage endears her to wide audience
Kate Lyons
Fri 4 Jan 2019 03.06 GMT
An attempt to humiliate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as she was sworn in as the youngest ever US Congresswoman has backfired impressively, prompting a huge outpouring of support for her.
A 30-second video was posted by a Twitter user called AnonymousQ, showing Ocasio-Cortez dancing on the roof of a building while in college.
Here is Americas favorite commie know-it-all acting like the clueless nitwit she is, read the post, with the user, who has since deleted their account, claiming it was a high school video of Sandy Ocasio-Cortez.
In fact, the short clip was part of a longer video, made while she was an undergraduate at Boston University. In it, she and several other students dance on the rooftop of a university building to the song Lisztomania by Phoenix, in a mash-up of a dance from the Breakfast Club.
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But instead of humiliating Ocasio-Cortez, who was elected to represent New Yorks 14th congressional district in November, the video has bolstered her popularity, with many people on social media praising her for being joyful and having fun.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/04/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-college-dance-video-discredit-backfires
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Hottness! Woooohoooo!
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)interested in more of what she has to say.....ahem.
Oink Oink Oink. tsk tsk. JOKING.
Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)underpants
(182,796 posts)Yeah.
Gothmog
(145,195 posts)I am amused that anyone thinks that video will hurt AOC.
tblue37
(65,340 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)... when I saw the video.
Instead of being turned off by Beto's musical career, a lot of people said, "OMG! I had no idea he was this cool!"
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Its not supposed to make sense to anyone who lives outside of their bubble.
volstork
(5,400 posts)THEY were the ones being mocked in Footloose while everyone else was dancing and having fun.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Gothmog
(145,195 posts)ck4829
(35,071 posts)Work, consume, reproduce, and obey (Republican politicians).
tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)The dumbass that released the video needs a life. The video shows that she's human like the rest of us.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)spooky3
(34,447 posts)The Repubs find strong women scary and especially in the case of attractive women, they want badly to put them in their place. Im glad that she isnt having one bit of it.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Theyre just plain nuts. Too stupid to bother with.
Theyre fine with Melanias Nude photos but get bent over AOC dancing while fully clothed in college? Thats just nuts.
underpants
(182,796 posts)They were just sure making Nancy a focal point was a WINNER. Seeing her take the gavel today was sweet sweet karma.
They are scared of AOC. Thats clear.
Ally Sheedy
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,342 posts)Might have to listen to AOC more closely after this.
ecstatic
(32,701 posts)Which out of touch puritan thought this would hurt AOC? Lol!
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,753 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)And enjoying themselves ... myself ... very much included
Attractive men dancing too, actually ...
It's quite a popular form of entertainment, you see ... this whole dance performance thing ...
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Woot.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)It's 100% certainly vastly more popular with a contingent of ... 51% of the population ...
Retrograde
(10,136 posts)I wish my joints were still that supple!
OK, she looks a little bit silly, but who can say they didn't do something like this at that age (yeah, sit down, Mike Pence)
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)She was a college student having, literally, good clean fun. College antics don't come more wholesome than this.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,189 posts).
In the credits, she's listed as Sandy Ocasio-Cortez.
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Denzil_DC
(7,234 posts)Link to tweet
@xor
The delightful dancing video of AOC that is being circulated right now* is actually part of a pretty storied, if now mostly forgotten, remix culture phenomenon. If you'll allow me...
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* apparently by numbskulls incapable of joy
(You'll need to click through to read it all as no one's called for a Threadreader unroll yet.)
The twit who first posted today's vid has now closed his account in embarrassment: https://twitter.com/AnonymousQ1776
TheBlackAdder
(28,189 posts).
It's a white sign with a big red Q in the center. Underneath, it says "I'm Awake!" painted on both sides, feet from street.
I don't know how the township permits that, unless he applied for a permit.
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rufus dog
(8,419 posts)who had the charisma to steal the spotlight?
My BiL was talking about how she made up her past. (yes he spends most of his time on Drudge)
I truly haven't followed her, told him as much, but said I will likely find his comment to be B.S.
Did the Google thing and found out what his ignorant ass was talking about. And that was that she actually lived in a house growing up. THE HORROR! Now it was an extremely modest house, but for the ignorant RWers, living in a house seems to disqualify her from serving.
YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)That was just a video of a young person having fun.
Sorry the right wingers are so incapable of joy.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)are fine with Melanias past. This is not a proactive dance as GOPers want folks to believe, kind of cool IMO.
And Im not a big AOCs fan, although Im very glad shes in the House and think she adds to the Democratic Party.
Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)This really does remind me of the Cruz videos on Beto. OMG, he's in a band! OMG, he thinks the police shouldn't shoot people! OMG, she dances!
herding cats
(19,564 posts)Personally, I enjoy seeing people being free and unbridled like this. I know I've done similar and I hope you do/did, too.
renate
(13,776 posts)They are so out of touch they might as well be in another galaxy.
radical noodle
(8,000 posts)Pence would be shocked by this and horrified.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Shes, like, happy. I can see how that would upset some people over there.
KT2000
(20,577 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 4, 2019, 03:06 PM - Edit history (1)
of the person who posted this thinking it would embarrass her. I have a pretty good idea.
KT2000
(20,577 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)If anything, this video makes AOC even more appealing and relatable. Whoever thought that this would be a smear against her is crazy and completely out of touch with the reality of humanity.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Continue to be board-up -their-butts killjoys.
Baitball Blogger
(46,704 posts)AOC speaks for me.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,957 posts)Maybe that's what they hate.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)If you've ever met one in person you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,342 posts)Mister Ed
(5,931 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)embarrass her.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Tammy Duckworth made a public statement saying AOC's politics were wrong for most of the country -- right after the primaries.
malaise
(268,980 posts)You go girl!
Solly Mack
(90,764 posts)Screw the idiots.
Dance!
ck4829
(35,071 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)Called her a "commie." Well that's typical of the RW, isn't it? Their stupid leader and party colludes with Russia, sells out to Putin, takes Russian money, but slimes AOC as a commie. Those idiots don't know diddley squat about socialism, much less in what ways communism and socialism differ. The RW is filled with envy and hatred.
ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)Who is frightened by communism anymore?
Even Luntz changed the scary word to socialism
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)But how in the world did they think it was going to hurt her.
What a bunch of douche bags.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)just don't get it...
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Ka-boom!
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,921 posts)I mean, sure, you don't need to know the Lisztomania mashup history of it all, but that is all CLEARLY the Breakfast Club dance.
Haters gonna hate has never been more true.