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AOC lampooned for claiming Venezuela is below equator — while trying to show off foreign policy chops
New York Post ^ | Feb. 16, 2026 | Ryan King

Posted on 02/16/2026 1:26:28 PM PST by nickcarraway

Far-left New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being widely mocked for erroneously claiming that Venezuela is “below the equator” while trying to show off her foreign-policy chops in Germany.

Venezuela sits just above the equator, but that didn’t stop the Democratic socialist — who majored in international relations at Boston University — from making the embarrassing gaffe while speaking at a Technical University of Berlin panel Sunday.

“[Nicolas] Maduro canceled elections. He was an anti-democratic leader,” Ocasio-Cortez said, describing the Venezuela elections that took place under the Maduro regime and which many international organizations have said were rigged.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aoc; equator; venezuela

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1 posted on 02/16/2026 1:26:28 PM PST by nickcarraway
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...from making the embarrassing gaffe?

The horse-faced libtard skank is the living and breathing embodiment of the embarrassing gaffe.

2 posted on 02/16/2026 1:30:05 PM PST by Common Sense 101
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To: nickcarraway

As far as AOC gaffes go, this isn’t the worst. Yes, she should know that Venezuela sits north of Ecuador, which is ON the equator, but South America is generally thought of as being in the “southern” hemisphere.


3 posted on 02/16/2026 1:31:07 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: nickcarraway

As embarrassing as she is, people who vote for her are just as stupid; so we’re probably stuck with her...


4 posted on 02/16/2026 1:31:33 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: nickcarraway

It is ***closer*** to being south of the equator than many other countries. lol


5 posted on 02/16/2026 1:33:28 PM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: Jamestown1630

Don’t blame her, blame Riley.


6 posted on 02/16/2026 1:38:04 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Just like kamalalaladingdong......the more exposure she gets the more people will see what a complete imbecile she really is.

Imagine this little twit on a debate stage with J.D Vance or Marco Rubio.......hopefully it would completely destroy her so called political career.

The people that voted for her must be a bunch of knuckle dragging mouth breathers.


7 posted on 02/16/2026 1:38:14 PM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: nickcarraway

I watched a clip of her trying to answer a question at that event. She makes Kamala look like a genius.


8 posted on 02/16/2026 1:38:34 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: Common Sense 101

She majored in f******g in college.

They didn’t get into a lot of geography in that curriculum.


9 posted on 02/16/2026 1:38:56 PM PST by an amused spectator (principled conservatism is Lefty subterfuge)
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To: V_TWIN
The people that voted for her must be a bunch of knuckle dragging mouth breathers.

Mouth breeders, just like AOC.

10 posted on 02/16/2026 1:40:13 PM PST by an amused spectator (principled conservatism is Lefty subterfuge)
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To: nickcarraway
The equator is racist for making her look bad.

-PJ

11 posted on 02/16/2026 1:42:21 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: nickcarraway

I won’t mock her on this, as I didn’t know where it is either. She is stupid to talk about it in public in front of the media & World leaders.


12 posted on 02/16/2026 1:43:21 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

It was worse when she said the three branches of government were: the presidency, the senate and the house.


13 posted on 02/16/2026 1:43:54 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: nickcarraway

AOC has proven me wrong again. I really did think she could get even more stupid. I was clearly wrong.


14 posted on 02/16/2026 1:45:13 PM PST by piytar (NEVER FORGET Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, Corey Comperatore, Iryna Zarutska, and Charlie Kirk!ant)
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To: an amused spectator
They didn’t get into a lot of geography in that curriculum.

Below the equator, below the belt...same thing.

15 posted on 02/16/2026 1:47:33 PM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: piytar

You thought she could get more stupid, but you were wrong?


16 posted on 02/16/2026 1:47:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: PghBaldy

You’re not a politician with large public audience. IF I WERE which I’m not, I’d parse every statement clearly with proven facts ahead of time. Like Guam tipping over if all of the people crowded to one side of the island comes to mind.


17 posted on 02/16/2026 1:48:59 PM PST by BipolarBob (Homer: A doughnut in each hand is a balanced diet.)
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To: nickcarraway

Cancun, the equator—what difference does it make?


18 posted on 02/16/2026 1:49:56 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: nickcarraway

She’s a brain dead MORON..the ONLY thing she is good at is trashing Israel and supporting Hamas, that gets her kudos from the Hamas loving base of hers other than that its a deer in a headlight look every single time


19 posted on 02/16/2026 1:54:38 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: nickcarraway

Being an imbecile does not disqualify one from political office. She’s demonstrating to her followers and most democrats that she has the intellect for the presidency.


20 posted on 02/16/2026 1:55:50 PM PST by damper99
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