Just a few years ago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who goes by AOC, was a waitress in a New York restaurant while bartending on the side in Manhattan.
Today, the 29-year-old is one of the fastest rising stars of the left.
Graduating from waitress to member of Congress, AOC has also become a twitter sensation, increasing her followers within the past year and a half from 300 to a staggering 2.45 million.
While AOC is not the most popular member of Congress on social media, Cory Booker has 4 million followers, she rivals Trump in terms of engagement on Twitter.
The reason for her success?
Like a good millennial and social justice warrior, AOC mocks and ridicules anyone or any group who does not share her views.
Here’s a perfect example:
Gotta love it when the folks calling activists getting arrested to advance equal rights “snowflakes” turn around and get offended by things like coffee cups + razor commercials https://t.co/ezbyFVc5dC
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 17, 2019
And now, she’s teaching her social media skills to fellow Democrats:
Perks of being in the Democratic Caucus: I will be teaching a Twitter class tomorrow morning open to all members 👩🏽🏫🐣 https://t.co/5DD82ndThR
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 17, 2019
But before getting the chance to become too cozy with the Democratic establishment, AOC dished on the horrible work ethic of Democratic members and their total lack of commitment to their jobs – instead she says most of them are too busy fundraising to work more than five hours per week:
This week I learned some members spend as little as 5 hours per WEEK in their office bc their fundraising commitments are so high.
It’s not them, it’s our broken system of campaign finance.
Bc I rely on recurring small dollar donors (https://t.co/OJ64KclZ0m !), I can do my job. https://t.co/qWwQxgh9vK
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 13, 2019
While that’s not surprising, it is shocking coming directly from a sitting member of Congress.
Expect Nancy to have a sit down with AOC soon and explain the rules of the road to her.
