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Posted on 02/16/2026 10:02:19 AM PST by DFG
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez incorrectly stated on Sunday that Venezuela is “below the equator” while she criticized President Donald Trump’s administration for capturing former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.
Ocasio-Cortez argued at Technical University of Berlin’s TEDx event that the administration could not engage in a so-called “act of war” simply because Venezuela is south of the Equator, though Venezuela is located north of the equator. The U.S. captured Maduro in a special operations mission called Operation Absolute Resolve on Jan. 3 and charged him in Manhattan with narco-terrorism and cocaine importation conspiracy, weapon offenses and corruption.
“We look at what happened in Venezuela for example, it is not a remark on who Maduro was as a leader. He canceled elections, he was an anti-democratic leader, that doesn’t mean that we can kidnap a head of state and engage in acts of war just because the nation is below the equator,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
During the event, Ocasio-Cortez also attempted to ridicule Secretary of State Marco Rubio for factually stating that Spanish settlers influenced the modern cowboy culture in the Americas. Horses were brought over to Mexico by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in 1519 during the invasion of the Aztec Empire, and later settlers trained indigenous populations to wrangle cattle on horseback to maintain their ranches in places like Texas, Arizona and New Mexico.
Ocasio-Cortez received widespread backlash from conservatives online and reportedly canceled her scheduled media appearances, according to The Huddle’s Dan Turrentine. He also noted that none of her political allies came to her defense and that she was not ready to enter the world stage.
The congresswoman did not rule out possibly running for president in the 2028 primary during her appearance at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
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They don’t call the ignorant slut “Occasional Cortex” for nuttin’.
It was a trick question - they didn’t tell her whether it was the Western or Eastern equator...
Let’s not be so tough on AOC. My sources tell me AOC can now locate both New York State AND New York City on a map.
She’s still having a bit of trouble locating Washington, DC.
But, hey. Baby steps first. Big girl steps later.
“”””The congresswoman did not rule out possibly running for president in the 2028 primary during her appearance at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.””””
The TARD did not rule out possibly running for President of her Homeowners Association during her appearance at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
from now on, she’s likely gonna have carefully choreographed and controlled interviews so that she knows all the answers in advance so that she can ‘appear presidential’ and the msm will help her achieve that just like they did with barry hussein- who was one of the worst senators ever- but you wouldn’t know it by the media coverage he got- he skated into a job he was not qualified for, and the world went nuts because the msm hid that fact and made him out to be the second coming
Looks like Cong Hank “Guam’s tipping over” Johnson met his match. Now ask her from which river to which sea the BDSholes refer to. Obviously,like most everything else with this twit geography is not her strong suit. She couldn’t find her way out of a port a potty if she used GPS🤦♂️🤦♂️🤡🤡
LOL! She can't stand the. heat..... caused by her own stumbles.
The statement is nonsense on its own, regardless of her ignorance of basic geography.
Again?
She is spectacularly un-educated. BU, one of the most expensive universities, ought to be ashamed
She went to high school in an upper middle class exurb of NY. Her father was an architect. They would all be ashamed of her trying to speak on the world stage
Like this when any 9 th grade class of internet porn addicted boys would even know she is idiotic
Everybody but me is a Rassiss!
She peaked at bartender!
I would’ve made the same mistake. Though I also wouldn’t have made the stupid statement to begin with. North of the equator, south of the equator what’s the difference? We attack and also capture people on the other side of the world.
In leaping to defend one of the Demonicrat geniuses, the Enemedia sphincters immediately spouted the Demonicrat talking point that, when AOC referred to Venezuela as being “below the equator”, she was standing on her head.
She’s gonna go home and beat her boyfriend with his own purse.
https://youtu.be/r7jrqiGmeXU?si=oHNuUeAu42tSQVgL
No. She has a job. Shes raking in dough from undisclosed sources
But her constituents have a responsibility to know and approve of their representatives
How can’t she represent this country when she has no clue about its foundation, history, geography, laws and treaties such as the Monroe doctrine
Yes, but she’s got a good chance of ending up in the White House, or as a Cabinet Member. She’s a solid democrat brand that isn’t going anywhere any time soon...
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