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AOC Has Emotional Meltdown on Camera, Appears to Hold Back Tears, Blames Trump and Critics for Her Foreign Policy Disasters
thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Feb. 22, 2026 | Jim Hᴏft

Posted on 02/23/2026 7:32:13 AM PST by V_TWIN

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Once again, the Radical Left’s favorite Squad member is substituting actual policy knowledge with absolute theatrical melodrama.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, AOC delivered one of the most humiliating performances by a U.S. politician in modern history at the Munich Security Conference. She made a host of mind-boggling gaffes in response to simple questions while botching basic geography.

In one instance, a moderator at the event asked AOC if the US should commit troops to defend against China, and she turned into a stuttering mess.

“Um, you know, I think that, uh, this is such a, uh, you know, I — I think that this is a, umm, this is of course a, uh, a very longstanding, um, policy of the United States – uh and I think what we are hoping for is we want to make sure that we never get to that point,” AOC said.

“And we want to make sure that we are moving all of our economic research and global positions to avoid any such confrontation and for that question to even arise,” she said.

In addition to the ugly episode, AOC also incorrectly stated that Venezuela was below the equator and called Secretary of State Marco Rubio racist for saying cowboys came from Spain.

AOC then called The New York Times and vented her fury over the coverage of her gaffes and the questions she was asked.

“This reporter came up to me and was like, ‘Is Munich the new New Hampshire?’ And I cannot say enough how out of touch and missing the point, genuinely, that is,” AOC whined during the interview with the Times.

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To: T.B. Yoits

Great post. Thanks 👍


21 posted on 02/23/2026 8:09:42 AM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: V_TWIN

It’s Trumps fault.....Really?


22 posted on 02/23/2026 8:13:09 AM PST by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: blackdog

Are you really surprised?

Much like the accusation of racism, “it’s Trump’s fault” has lost all effectiveness.....if it ever had any to begin with.


23 posted on 02/23/2026 8:16:30 AM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: V_TWIN

Of course it’s Trumps fault.


24 posted on 02/23/2026 8:23:48 AM PST by spincaster (i)
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To: V_TWIN

25 posted on 02/23/2026 8:27:03 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("AI;DR" calls out AI slop and warns other humans not to bother.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“”She should have blamed the defective globe she consulted showing Venezuela below the equator.””””

Not her fault. The globe was, um, like, you know, like upside down.


26 posted on 02/23/2026 8:27:27 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: V_TWIN

Why has she started to blame everyone else for her shortcomings on foreign policy? There was an interview with her several years ago where she openly admits she doesn’t understand foreign policy. I guess political experience has taught her to deflect her own stupidity and blame it on someone else.


27 posted on 02/23/2026 8:35:49 AM PST by econjack
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To: econjack

Blame-shifter:

Someone who consistently redirects blame to others.


28 posted on 02/23/2026 8:38:11 AM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: shelterguy
Not her fault. The globe was, um, like, you know, like upside down.



29 posted on 02/23/2026 8:47:23 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: V_TWIN

There’s no crying in politics.


30 posted on 02/23/2026 8:49:38 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: V_TWIN

I just listened. Is she pulling a Swallwell or is there a barking spider in her apartment?


31 posted on 02/23/2026 8:51:02 AM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: V_TWIN

LMAO. Hey AOC, life is hard when you’re stupid. It’s even HARDER when you’re a special kind of stupid.


32 posted on 02/23/2026 8:54:09 AM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: dfwgator

She basically won by answering a casting couch call for an Indian commie and having big boobs. I don’t even think she got 20,000 votes and Nancy Pelosi always said a can of orange juice could win that district with a D on it.


33 posted on 02/23/2026 8:55:07 AM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

She has one of those globes that rotate so it’s no wonder she got confused. Everything gets all upside down when you turn it over....


34 posted on 02/23/2026 8:56:16 AM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Remember when Quayle spelled potatoe instead of the traditional spelling? The media excoriated him.


35 posted on 02/23/2026 8:56:41 AM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

Muskie made it work.


36 posted on 02/23/2026 8:58:57 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: V_TWIN

Leave AOC alone!

37 posted on 02/23/2026 9:03:20 AM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: V_TWIN

Someone is SNORING while she’s whispering!!!


38 posted on 02/23/2026 9:04:13 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: V_TWIN

Moonbat, crazy eyed, horse toothed, bar waitress.


39 posted on 02/23/2026 9:12:25 AM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
She should have blamed the defective globe she consulted showing Venezuela below the equator.

Not her fault! She was holding the globe upside-down!

Regards,

40 posted on 02/23/2026 9:12:45 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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