Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Right Wing’s New Favorite Woman to Attack

From “lock her up!”, to “AOC sucks!”

After working as a bartender in New York City and going on to represent New York’s 14th Congressional District as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been nothing short of meteoric. Being a young, unapologetically progressive, intelligent and well-spoken Latina woman, it’s no wonder there are new highlights of her speeches or viral tweets making news multiple times a week. All politics aside the media has fallen in love with her, if only because she gives them something to write or do a segment about. With all the newfound attention, AOC has undeniably become one of the new faces of the the progressive movement.

What’s been particularly interesting about the nonstop news surrounding Ocasio-Cortez is the attention she has received from conservatives. Her unspoken opposition to the Trump Presidency prompted Donald Trump Jr. to lead a crowd in a chant of “AOC sucks!”. Quite a lot of attention given to a 29 year old freshman Congresswoman by the right wing elites.

The most fascinating aspect of all the discussion among the right wing about AOC is their inability to make up their minds on how best to portray her to their audiences. A viral video on Youtube with nearly…