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AOC fires back at critics of her gaffe-filled foreign policy speech — as top Republican suggests she could be president (only 4.93 years left)
California Post ^ | 2/22/26 | Ryan King

Posted on 02/22/2026 4:44:08 PM PST by Libloather

WASHINGTON — Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back at critics of her recent gaffe-filled attempt to show off her foreign policy bona fides in Germany, contending it was proof she thinks before she speaks.

Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was noticeably hoarse as she responded to the blowback she received after stammering over a question about how the US should respond to a hypothetical Chinese invasion of Taiwan is due to the public being conditioned to President Trump’s impulsiveness.

“If you think I don’t understand foreign policy because out of hours of discourse about international affairs, I pause to think about one of the most sensitive geopolitical issues that currently exists on Earth,” she said in an Instagram story.

“I’m afraid the issue’s not my understanding but rather the problem is perhaps you’ve gotten adjusted to a president that never thinks before he speaks and doesn’t care about the implications of his words before he speaks on matters like these.”

The Bronx and Queens rep’s trip to the Munich Security Conference earlier this month was widely interpreted as an attempt to show off her foreign policy knowledge as she tests the waters for a 2028 run.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; History
KEYWORDS: aoc; critics; dummkoph; gaffe; munich; president; whyinvitethatdolt

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My day isn't complete until the socialist bartender screeches.
1 posted on 02/22/2026 4:44:08 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Yes, but can you name the deputy prime minister of Angola, which was like the first foreign policy question Sarah Palin got.


2 posted on 02/22/2026 4:50:14 PM PST by sopo
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To: Libloather

But Chris Christie has a crush on her.


3 posted on 02/22/2026 4:50:52 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Law and Order -- only one of our political parties believes in it.)
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To: Libloather

4 posted on 02/22/2026 4:52:17 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I see Christie’s quote, but who’s the “top Republican” referred to in the headline?


5 posted on 02/22/2026 4:52:46 PM PST by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: j.havenfarm

Well played.


6 posted on 02/22/2026 4:53:34 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Law and Order -- only one of our political parties believes in it.)
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To: Libloather

This bimbo tries to be too cute by half. Her single brain cell is lonesome


7 posted on 02/22/2026 4:54:19 PM PST by falcon99 ( )
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To: Libloather
"AOC fires back at critics of her gaffe-filled foreign policy speech — as top Republican suggests she could be president "


8 posted on 02/22/2026 4:56:24 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: Libloather

“Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was noticeably hoarse...”

She’s been noticeably a horse for a long time. I wonder if they worked in “hoarse” on purpose.


9 posted on 02/22/2026 4:58:04 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: Libloather

She’s a brain dead moron, but heck this is the same commie party that put in brain dead Biden and brain dead Harris so anything is possible


10 posted on 02/22/2026 5:11:07 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: MayflowerMadam

“Wil-Bur!!”


11 posted on 02/22/2026 5:11:47 PM PST by lee martell
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To: MayflowerMadam

She’s been noticeably a horse for a long time. I wonder if they worked in “hoarse” on purpose.
= = =

You can spell hoarse with a “W” also.


12 posted on 02/22/2026 5:23:46 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: Libloather

Translation: She spent 12-18 hrs prepping with bernie sander’s foreign policy “expert” and in her tiny mind this makes her unquestionably qualified to be President.
There are bits of refuse floating down the Potomac that have a better grasp of the issues.


13 posted on 02/22/2026 5:27:47 PM PST by Arkady
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To: Libloather

AOC fires back at critics of her gaffe-filled foreign policy speech but screws that up too ,LOL


14 posted on 02/22/2026 5:43:03 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Top Republican” Christie will work for food these days.

AOC must have given him a triple decker, footlong Philly Cheese Steak sub.


15 posted on 02/22/2026 5:46:26 PM PST by rbg81 (=)
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To: Libloather

16 posted on 02/22/2026 5:49:42 PM PST by TigersEye (Are the RINOs helping the Democrats with their color revolution?)
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To: Scrambler Bob
You can spell hoarse with a “W” also.

As in, how many whores does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: None. You can't fit any whores inside a light bulb.

17 posted on 02/22/2026 6:02:03 PM PST by TigersEye (Are the RINOs helping the Democrats with their color revolution?)
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18 posted on 02/22/2026 6:04:09 PM PST by TigersEye (Are the RINOs helping the Democrats with their color revolution?)
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To: MayflowerMadam

🤣👍


19 posted on 02/22/2026 6:27:32 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Libloather

“Pause”? All that garbage was a pause?

Listen, little girl, YOU attended a worldwide international security event and YOU were unprepared to give a cogent and rational response to a very basic question. Vomiting slogans and sound bites don’t work in the real world, now do they?

Incompetence.

Ignorance.

Disgrace.

Congratulations on one-upping Kamala for the Word Salad award.


20 posted on 02/22/2026 6:31:08 PM PST by dadgum (Fight to WIN or do not fight at all)
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