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>> Ocasio-Cortez.>> In case you were wondering, yes, New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is aware that Twitter is discussing a college video of her dancing. And on Friday, she responded with this.>> I hear the GOP thinks women dancing are scandalous, wait until they find out congresswomen dance too.
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This after an anonymous twitter account shared a clip of this video showing her and some of her college classmates doing the dance from The Breakfast Club. The tweet read, quote, here is America's favorite commie know it all acting like the coolest nitwit she is. But if posting the video was an effort to smear the 29 year old, it seemed to have the opposite effect, with supporters standing up for her with sarcastic responses, like this one.
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Well, Ocasio-Cortez is officially done, she'll never recover from the world seeing her dancing adorably and having fun with her friends. Ocasio, the youngest woman elected to Congress, and a frequent target of criticism from the right. Captured the spotlight once again when she fired back at Republican lawmakers who she claimed booed her as she cast her vote for Nancy Pelosi to become the next House Speaker.
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Her response, don't hate me cause you ain't me, fellas.>> The bartender turned Congress woman.>> And if that's not enough for this week, yesterday CBS released a clip of an upcoming 60 minutes interview, where Ocasio-Cortez talks about the Green New Deal, her ambitious new plan to combat climate change.
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>> Do you call yourself a radical?>> Yeah, if that's what radical means, call me a radical.>> In the interview she floats the idea of taxing America's ultra rich, as much as 70%. Critics calling that an unrealistic and impossible goal.