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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez livestreamed herself drinking wine and assembling IKEA furniture
theweek.com ^ | 4/4/19 | Summer Meza

Posted on 04/05/2019 3:15:55 AM PDT by a little elbow grease

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez livestreamed herself drinking wine and assembling IKEA furniture.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) may be in Congress now, but her Wednesday nights still consist of some pretty normal stuff.

As BuzzFeed News' Vera Bergengruen pointed out on Twitter, Ocasio-Cortez spent her evening drinking wine, assembling IKEA furniture, and chatting about politics. The difference between the congresswoman and her constituents? More than 8,000 people tuned into an Instagram livestream to watch her do it.

Ocasio-Cortez's livestreams often attract attention, like when she discussed the fear of bringing children into a world affected by climate change. The Washington Post even wrote about her "2018 version of fireside chats," pointing out that her Instagram presence attracts new fans who find the videos relatable, as well as critics who take advantage of her laid back approach and latch onto any slipup they can find.

While the lawmaker's every utterance in Congress is quickly praised and torn apart by fans and detractors, the fact that thousands of people are eager to tune in and watch her make soup or munch on popcorn — while answering policy questions, of course — is probably a level of stardom no other legislator currently enjoys. Watch AOC discuss everything from President Trump's taxes to the Green New Deal to fruit snacks via Instagram, or watch a clip at Newsweek.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: anotheraocthread; aoc; belongsinchat; celebritard; chat; ikea; justignoreher; livestream; notallshedoesisnews; notnews; ocasiocortez; rentfree; rentfreeonfr; silly; wine
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To: a little elbow grease

The zealous media coverage of this moron is like a bad rash that just won’t go away.


41 posted on 04/05/2019 4:31:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: a little elbow grease

Our government has come to this. When these things happen, I pray that Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Washington, etc., aren’t observing any of it. It would break their hearts.


42 posted on 04/05/2019 4:31:55 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed thee ... I knew thee.")
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To: Rennes Templar

methane burner?


43 posted on 04/05/2019 4:33:53 AM PDT by shalom aleichem (Fire the rats and snakes. Shutter the press room.)
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To: a little elbow grease

Trump is no match next to this women.


44 posted on 04/05/2019 4:36:16 AM PDT by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: Leep

45 posted on 04/05/2019 4:38:44 AM PDT by eaglestar
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To: a little elbow grease

I want to see if the Ikea furniture actually is used in her home or if it is tossed in the dumpster with her empty wine bottles and replaced with high end furniture.


46 posted on 04/05/2019 4:49:16 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
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To: Gen.Blather

Great advice General. In your career hope you were able to mentor some younger workers, and those who made it to the danger zone - feeling invincible - mid-career.

There is something wrong with politicians who think people want to spend their precious minutes of life watching them live-stream, go to the dentist or build furniture. There is something more concerning with their sycophants who watch this stuff. Besides ...would any of them consider how burning energy to power all their devices to display their self-centered behavior contributes to the “destruction of the planet”?


47 posted on 04/05/2019 4:51:50 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: a little elbow grease

I like how she positioned the recording device lower than her face, so she had to speak down to us.


48 posted on 04/05/2019 4:52:14 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: a little elbow grease

Moronic media whore, much?


49 posted on 04/05/2019 5:15:14 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (We live on a tax farm as free-range humans!)
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To: a little elbow grease

I can’t imagine what the average IQ of the audience of this female Pee Wee Herman wannabe must be.


50 posted on 04/05/2019 5:23:26 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: KarlInOhio
"I want to see if the Ikea furniture actually is used in her home or if it is tossed in the dumpster with her empty wine bottles and replaced with high end furniture."

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LOL .... I said a similar thing to my wife about an hour ago. I was thinking AOC was playing the "little people" card putting together her funky IKEA table.

;-)

51 posted on 04/05/2019 5:37:03 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: sauropod

That’s true.


52 posted on 04/05/2019 5:40:34 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: VTenigma
I would rather watch youtube videos of fingernails on a blackboard.

Normally I would call it about a toss up but the fact she talks with food in her mouth definitely makes fingernails on a blackboard more enjoyable....

53 posted on 04/05/2019 5:53:52 AM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: a little elbow grease
Ocasio-Cortez livestreamed herself drinking wine

After the multi-day slam fest on Kav for liking drinking beer I thought that the democrats thought everyone who enjoys this kind of stuff needs to be in jail on charges of rape. Where is that great paragon of temperance, Sheldon White Horses Ass, when you need him.

54 posted on 04/05/2019 6:13:24 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: a little elbow grease

Me...me...me...ME..ME..!!! Look at ME!!!!


55 posted on 04/05/2019 6:26:57 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: a fool in paradise

And enslaved the natives to dig their gold to send back to Spain.


56 posted on 04/05/2019 6:41:15 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: a little elbow grease

I for one have no doubt about her intelligence. None at all.


57 posted on 04/05/2019 6:42:11 AM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: hecticskeptic

That’s what I found most striking...

She is a slob, eating with her mouth open and talking at the same time, all the while popcorn crumbs are falling out of her mouth.

Real class.


58 posted on 04/05/2019 6:45:22 AM PDT by C210N (You can vote your way into Socialism; but, you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: a little elbow grease

“laid back” — maybe little Chiquita Khrushchev had a snoot full.
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Damn it Elbow Grease....emptied my own snoot - now I need a new keyboard....

“Chiquita Khrushchev” - so good!!

Enjoy your weekend.
LEL


59 posted on 04/05/2019 7:02:34 AM PDT by LakeEffectLad (American's are Dreamers, too!!)
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To: a little elbow grease

Taking Congress Critter to new lows


60 posted on 04/05/2019 7:36:16 AM PDT by butlerweave
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