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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; demagogicparty; demagogue; dummkoph; gaffe; munich; president; westchester; whyinvitethatdolt
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To: TigersEye

I see what you did there.
Laughing my butt off…


21 posted on 02/22/2026 6:31:45 PM PST by dadgum (Fight to WIN or do not fight at all)
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To: dadgum

:)

I can’t take credit. I stole it from 5mind.com a website for memes started by utuber Hivemind.


22 posted on 02/22/2026 6:43:23 PM PST by TigersEye (Are the RINOs helping the Democrats with their color revolution?)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Sounds l8ke Sandy is perfect to be next in-line.


23 posted on 02/22/2026 7:13:25 PM PST by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness)
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To: Libloather
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was noticeably hoarse

Revised from: Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was noticeably horse faced.

24 posted on 02/22/2026 7:19:52 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: clearcarbon

Photo....

Child: “Mr. President, what kinds of kids games did you play where you were born in Nyang’oma-Kogelo village in Kenya?”
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25 posted on 02/22/2026 7:31:32 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was noticeably horse faced.

In his address at the Munich Security Conference, Secretary Rubio spoke of the shared cultural heritage between the United States and Europe. “Our horses, our ranches, our rodeos—the entire romance of the cowboy archetype that became synonymous with the American West—these were born in Spain."

Democrat Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded during a separate discussion; "My favorite part was when he said that American cowboys came from Spain... And I believe the Mexicans and descendants of African enslaved peoples would like to have a word on that."

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is too ignorant to recognize that her own ancestor, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés reintroduced horses, and the use of them for raising cattle, to America in the 1500s.

Her... own... ancestor...

...whose name she has carried her whole life.


Ahh, yes, Sandy from Westchester.

26 posted on 02/22/2026 7:54:52 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: MayflowerMadam

To be precise, she’s the South end of a North bound horse.


27 posted on 02/22/2026 7:55:25 PM PST by budj (Combat Vet, second of three generations.)
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To: Libloather

A well polled answer 4 days later.


28 posted on 02/22/2026 7:57:27 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Libloather

Yeah crept she is Communust Democrat, not socialist. Lotta power in nuanced words.


29 posted on 02/22/2026 7:59:51 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: Libloather

What ? Did AOC just say the democrats eat babies ?


30 posted on 02/22/2026 8:02:09 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Libloather

But, but, but, she’s a woman. Facts don’t matter. It’s just about how she feels.


31 posted on 02/22/2026 8:02:18 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: T.B. Yoits

I know this is fiction, but her own ancestor was indeed a butcher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqAKW7znYcs


32 posted on 02/22/2026 8:04:10 PM PST by Windcatcher
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To: T.B. Yoits

So the people with ancestors in Spain such as Eva Longoria, Alana de la Garza (NCIS Miami, Law and Order and now FBI), Salma Hayek and Joan Baez came from people of Western culture.

The West that the woke type want to tear down and replace.

Example: Eva Longoria’s ancestors originated from Spain, specifically tracing back to Lorenzo Suárez de Longoria, who left Asturias, Spain, in 1603 for the New World. As a 9th-generation American, her family received a 1767 Spanish land grant in what is now South Texas. DNA tests reveal she is 70% European.
Ancestry.com


Salma Hayek: 50% Spain, 50% Lebanon.

Joan Baez: Scotland and Mexico.
Joan Baez’s ancestry is mixed, with her father, Albert Baez, being of Mexican origin (born in Puebla, Mexico) and her mother, Joan Bridge Baez, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to an English father. Her paternal grandfather was a Methodist minister who moved to the U.S. from Mexico, and she was raised in the Quaker tradition.

Alana de la Garza has a diverse heritage, with ancestors originating from Mexico on her father’s side and Ireland on her mother’s side. Born in Columbus, Ohio, and raised in El Paso, Texas, she is of Mexican-American and Irish-American descent.
https://www.google.com/search?q=images+Alana+de+la+garza+&sca_esv=a1a91f7365f6a02a&udm=2&biw=1316&bih=621&ei=UtKbafDZCeyGptQPsKuY2Ag&ved=0ahUKEwjwyviv3u6SAxVsg4kEHbAVBosQ4dUDCBQ&oq=images+Alana+de+la+garza+&gs_lp=Egtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZyIZaW1hZ2VzIEFsYW5hIGRlIGxhIGdhcnphIDIGEAAYBxgeMgYQABgIGB5IiEhQtwNY-DRwAngAkAEAmAFLoAGRDKoBAjI4uAEMyAEA-AEBmAIKoALLBMICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIFEAAYgATCAggQABgHGAoYHsICCBAAGAcYCBgemAMAiAYBkgcCMTCgB7BAsgcBObgHwQTCBwcwLjQuNS4xyActgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz-img


33 posted on 02/22/2026 8:09:36 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Libloather

Is it her fault her earpiece failed at a critical moment?


34 posted on 02/22/2026 8:11:55 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Libloather

This one isn’t fit to be on the local public library board.


35 posted on 02/22/2026 8:34:36 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: Libloather

“Tell me you know nothing about history without saying you know nothing about history,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote.


36 posted on 02/22/2026 9:04:32 PM PST by Bob434 (NYWAYS)
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To: Libloather

37 posted on 02/22/2026 9:21:14 PM PST by Allegra (We will not be emotionally blackmailed into backing off what we voted for. )
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To: Libloather

If the GOP doesn’t get on the stick for election reform, the DemonKKKrats could elect a ham sandwich for president in 2028.


38 posted on 02/22/2026 9:30:59 PM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: falcon99

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

That’s the best she could do. Another word salad and a stupid “But Trump...” retort.


39 posted on 02/23/2026 1:58:37 AM PST by rxh4n1
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To: TigersEye

Oh Lord, Tiger. Well done.


40 posted on 02/23/2026 3:39:43 AM PST by onona
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