“What is clapback?”
Could it be something you catch and pass on in hopes it will return to the person that gave it to you? A “social circle” you might say.
It occurs to me the saving grace of AOC is that I can flip the channel or turn the page on her intolerable self. Meanwhile, some schmuck willingly goes home to such a witch - a mekhashefschlub. Full deposit paid - no return.