Oddly enough, I agree with AOC. I’m quite certain many members of Congress have below average intelligence. They got where they are by cunning, luck, ruthlessness, and knowing the right people or right dirt. I’ve met some very bright bartenders. However, I don’t believe AOC can claim to be brighter than her contemporaries. I’m fairly certain her actual, objective intelligence level is fairly far out on the tail end of the bell curve, and not the good side.
I disagree. You are equating intelligence with experience.
One can be intelligent, but be ignorant of matters involved in something like politics and the world. Her knowledge of politics and the world stage comes from the MSM, not personal experience. AND WE KNOW the MSM lies like hell about everything. It's amazing we aren't all ignorant morons. They spend billions of dollars to get us to believe those lies. They are more successful with some than with others.
Bottom line, if you were working as a car mechanic, and you suddenly started to work at a Nuclear Physics Laboratory, the people there would probably deem you a moron.