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I don’t think I’ve ever written this much about a congresswoman-elect, who is now a freshman congresswoman. But Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is worthy of discussion for a lot of reasons. She’s the youngest woman to ever be elected to the House (she’s younger than me, damn), she’s beautiful, she’s a Latina, she’s Millennial, she’s a socialist, and her mere existence is driving right-wing men CRAZY. She’s like catnip for every knuckle-dragging Deplorable. These are some glorious photos of AOC’s first day as a congresswoman. She looked like she was having a ball.

There are so many men – and some women too – who simply cannot compute Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s whole existence in their tiny little pea-brains. Those men attack her without thought or reason for everything from being working class, to not being “working class enough” to living paycheck-to-paycheck, to… like, wearing nice clothes. So what has the dude-bros riled up this time? Did you know that AOC was a beautiful teenager who liked to do dance-homages to The Breakfast Club? This video initially got published and circulated on right-wing accounts, with one dude adding: “>Here is America’s favorite commie know-it-all acting like the clueless nitwit she is…High School video of “Sandy” Ocasio-Cortez.” That guy literally deleted his account. But the video lives on!

…High School video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Congratulations New York! pic.twitter.com/VSKdUImhZj

— Dan Jordan (@realdanjordan) January 2, 2019

IMPEACH! I love that this is offered as proof that AOC is… like, a terrible person? Because she danced in a cute video. Because she was and is cool. Because she has great hair and great moves and a pretty smile? Lord, please let AOC keep doing her thing because by the end of the year, so many heads will have exploded.

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