Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman in U.S. history to be sworn into congress today, in what was undoubtedly an inspiring moment for young women across the country. So unfortunately, this is likewise a big day for conservative trolls who have been hounding Ocasio-Cortez online for months now, ever since she earned her party’s nomination back in June leading up to becoming elected to New York’s 14th congressional district in November.
In this latest episode, a member of QAnon dug up scandalous old high school or college video of the now-congresswoman and posted the footage to Twitter. How scandalous, you ask? Smoking pot? Underage drinking, or even using foul language?
No — even worse. She was having fun dancing around with her friends.
https://twitter.com/AnonymousQ1776/status/1080594276831047680
And this wasn’t just any dance, but — as she apparently went by back then — “Sandy” and her friends were recreating the exact dance sequence from The Breakfast Club; a film obviously about juvenile delinquents. How dare she not take her eventual political career into consideration when partaking in such a flagrant display of teen irresponsibility?
Of all of the attacks from the far-right, from remarking on her wardrobe to her political beliefs to even the so-called affluent area in which she attended school, this might truly be the saddest reach of them all — as many pointed out on Twitter as the Ratio on the tweet exploded.
Well, @AOC is officially done. She’ll never recover from the world seeing her…
(watches video)
…dancing adorably and having fun with her friends in high school? https://t.co/0zENCzBinA
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) January 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/molly_knight/status/1080918341827489792
"I take no joy in this work, but as a conservative commentator it is my duty to find and publicize any and all videos or images of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez looking happy and doing things young people do. Especially any bathing suit ones, if you know of any."
— David Roth (@david_j_roth) January 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1080900896937181184
https://twitter.com/DavidKlion/status/1080903506545070083
Oooh the horror! Imagine if she was drunk assaulting other teenagers at keg parties or dodging the draft.. next
— LLC (@LLC31503) January 3, 2019
They are re-enacting the dance from the movie “The Breakfast Club.” You spreading this video will only make her more popular.
— Caissie (@Caissie) January 3, 2019
This is like when Ted Cruz tried to shame Beto by revealing that he was in a band in high school.
— The Villainous Maestro Morgan (@MaestroMorgan17) January 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/Nicole_Cliffe/status/1080914254515982336
how much of right-wing criticism of AOC is just them being unable to deal with being attracted to her? https://t.co/zUhuzSHfDd
— Andrew Kirell 🤙🏻 (@AndrewKirell) January 3, 2019
Some of the dirt the right wing has on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez so far:
– She lived in a house
– She wears clothes
– She attended high school
– She danced with her friends in a video once pic.twitter.com/MVCmxB9BFf— Wild Geerters (@steinkobbe) January 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/1080898266630242305
https://twitter.com/briangaar/status/1080904690030637057
in an alley on K Street a young Republican hands a briefcase to a shadowy figure. He opens it to find it filled with cash. He hands the Republican a preschool drawing by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez where she drew…outside the lines
The Republican smiles and walks off into the night— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) January 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/lcmoser/status/1080923924576325632
Ocasio-Cortez has yet to clap back at this latest attack on her character, but honestly, some things may be better left unsaid.