Posted on 05/12/2019 2:24:04 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot
Full title: Ocasio-Cortez Rebuffs Fact-Checkers, Says The World Ending In 12 Years Was Dry Humor
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez complained Sunday that GOP fact-checkers were taking her dry humor literally.
This is a technique of the GOP, to take dry humor + sarcasm literally and fact check it, she tweeted. Like the world ending in 12 years thing, youd have to have the social intelligence of a sea sponge to think its literal. But the GOP is basically Dwight from The Office so who knows.
(AOC tweet)
And when Ocasio-Cortez first made the claim, she certainly appeared to be playing up the absurdity of the statement for effect.
.@AOC on millennials and social media: "Were, like, the world is going to end in 12 years if we dont address climate change"
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
...and her dry humor gets better, with Beto reducing the 12 yrs to 10 yrs. Dry Hilarity.
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