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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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"critics who take advantage of her laid back approach" --

"laid back" -- maybe little Chiquita Khrushchev had a snoot full.

1 posted on 04/05/2019 3:15:55 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
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Just wait until Pete buttplu#g starts live streaming his evening around home, hehehehe.


2 posted on 04/05/2019 3:19:35 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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To: a little elbow grease

I think these ‘fireside chats’ will eventually be relabeled to ‘Thunderbird chats’. Bring in cheap wino juice and just talk for hours about deadhead topics.


3 posted on 04/05/2019 3:19:35 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: a little elbow grease

It’s the new way.. Alec Baldwins wife filmed a miscarriage as it was happening. Don’t know if she live streamed it.


4 posted on 04/05/2019 3:20:32 AM PDT by RummyChick (I have no inside sources, media sources, or federal government employee sources. NONE)
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To: a little elbow grease

PLEASE GOD let the msm and dems pour a TON of time and money and resources into this dingbat for YEARS TO COME.

EVERYONE should know here by now that the left and hollywood see what they WANT.

And the rest of the country sees someone who has a mild learning disability.


5 posted on 04/05/2019 3:20:47 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: a little elbow grease

I would rather watch youtube videos of fingernails on a blackboard.


6 posted on 04/05/2019 3:20:55 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: a little elbow grease

If she is nikked I would watch, as long as there are no shots of her horse face.


7 posted on 04/05/2019 3:22:48 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: pepsionice

Thunderbird is way to expensive, more like MD 20/20 chats....


8 posted on 04/05/2019 3:30:29 AM PDT by sniper63 (I am the Lord high executioner of the United Federation of planets......)
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To: RummyChick; pepsionice; dp0622; VTenigma; mad_as_he$$; All

https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-riffs-climate-change-political-philosophy-instagram-1385693

VIDEO here…… (2 min. 22 sec.)

AOC laments for Trump people: “I pity you for your role in history”.


9 posted on 04/05/2019 3:32:14 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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Also from 11/22/18:

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/417979-ocasio-cortez-rips-republican-commentators-for-stalking-her-livestreams-to-sow

Ocasio-Cortez rips commentators for ‘stalking’ her livestreams to ‘sow doubt’ about intelligence

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) tore into Republican commentators on Wednesday, claiming they have been “stalking, doctoring and editing” her livestream videos on social media in an effort to “sow doubt” about her intelligence.

“Cognitive dissonance is Republican commentators stalking, doctoring, and editing my casual livestreams out of context in order to sow doubt in my intelligence, all while blindly supporting a man who thinks our greatest defense against forest fires is: A Rake,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter.


10 posted on 04/05/2019 3:33:55 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: a little elbow grease

Please no. I’ve reached peak Cortez.


11 posted on 04/05/2019 3:36:04 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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AOC went from was wiping up bar spills and scrounging for tips to blabbing in Congress wearing $2000 outfits.

How'd she do that?

Lots and lots of money was raised from political action campaign committees controlled by Ocasio-Cortez and her campaign manager----Saikat Chakrabarti (now her congressional chief of staff).

Chakrabarti then established an LLC----a for-profit company that does not require reporting its finances. Apparently with all the scrutiny, Chakrabarti has since closed his company doors.

Chakrabarti may have closed down the LLC....but are the company's bank accounts still open?

B/c the LLC bank accounts were the instruments used to convert campaign donations to spending money for those involved including AOC. (see details above)

12 posted on 04/05/2019 3:38:52 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. testimony nder)
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re: "“Cognitive dissonance is Republican commentators stalking, doctoring, and editing my casual livestreams out of context in order to sow doubt in my intelligence, all while blindly supporting a man who thinks our greatest defense against forest fires is: A Rake,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter."

She wrote that?

There is No Way she composed that herself ...

13 posted on 04/05/2019 3:38:57 AM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: a little elbow grease
I'm actually pretty impressed with AOC here. Because the two things I most want in a public official are:

1. The willingness to get drunk on camera.
2. The ability to assemble furniture.

If only she could dance. Then she would be perfect. Oh, wait. She can dance! OAC for Speaker of the House! Step aside, Nancy Pelosi.


14 posted on 04/05/2019 3:39:17 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: a little elbow grease

>>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.

So clearly it isn’t about her ideas.

By the way, millions watch gamers livestream their videogame prowess. 8,000 viewers is the kind of audience MSNBC wishes it could draw.


15 posted on 04/05/2019 3:41:02 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: a little elbow grease

Pocahontas chugs a beer in her kitchen.......Cortez sits on the floor eating popcorn.......I don’t want to know what Mayor Pete will do ( imagination can be a terrible thing sometimes).....

They think our country will lap up their silly, stupid tricks.....

Meanwhile OUR President presses on toward the goal of Making America Great and Keeping America Great!


16 posted on 04/05/2019 3:43:02 AM PDT by Guenevere
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Wasn’t Cortez a conqueror?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s

She’s got some ‘splainin’ to do about her family history.

“Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.”


17 posted on 04/05/2019 3:43:37 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Guenevere

Is Obammy still brewing craft beer and picking final four choices?

What’s on his ipod these days?


18 posted on 04/05/2019 3:44:28 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: a little elbow grease

It is a bad idea to drink so much as a glass of wine with your employers. The few times I was in such a social situation, I walked around with the glass and sipped once in a while. I doubt I ever finished an alcoholic drink in a situation where I was with coworkers. Over a thirty-plus year career I saw a few people destroy their work relationship at a Christmas party. (Rule for Christmas parties at work, come early, be pleasant, drink no alcohol, leave before people get drunk.)

Politicians today are trying to be relatable. Most, like Beto, who livestreamed a teeth cleaning, have no clue how to relate to regular people. This is because they live such cloistered lives in their echo chamber that they have no clue what a regular person is like.


19 posted on 04/05/2019 3:47:01 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: a little elbow grease

Makes sense she’s an alky.


20 posted on 04/05/2019 3:47:58 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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