Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was stoic during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, igniting a flurry of tweets from people who found her to be extremely relatable.
The New York lawmaker was captured on camera during Trump’s speech, looking clearly like she did not agree with what he was saying during the speech.
We are all @AOC right now #SOTU19 #SOTU pic.twitter.com/lTJ806SNVt
— J Walker (@walkerj1) February 6, 2019
Following the speech, after Twitter began posting GIFs and pictures of the popular lawmaker, she responded to a Wall Street Journal columnist who said she had a “rare bad night” and was not looking “spirited, warm and original as usual.”
“Why should I be ‘spirited and warm’ for this embarrassment of a #SOTU? Tonight was an unsettling night for our country. The president failed to offer any plan, any vision at all, for our future. We’re flying without a pilot. And I‘m not here to comfort anyone about that fact,” she tweeted.
Why should I be “spirited and warm” for this embarrassment of a #SOTU?
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 6, 2019
Tonight was an unsettling night for our country. The president failed to offer any plan, any vision at all, for our future.
We’re flying without a pilot. And I‘m not here to comfort anyone about that fact. https://t.co/7bu3QXFMnC
The New York lawmaker did react and clap when Trump mentioned the record number of women serving in Congress.
Despite the criticism from one columnist, many people on Twitter were here for the lawmaker’s emotions during the speech, which lasted well over an hour on Tuesday night.
Remember Donald, @AOC‘s not trapped in there with you, your trapped in there with her. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/3upFWHXKg3
— Alex Morash ❌ (@AlexMorash) February 6, 2019
.@AOC's DGAF face is all of us right now. pic.twitter.com/wmp4K8KEZU
— Monica Klein (@MonicaCKlein) February 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/jpbrammer/status/1092975993088806915
https://twitter.com/alex_abads/status/1092981754456100865
My hero @AOC. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/Ybb1xgoVEe
— Susie (@sue_plumm) February 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/Donnie_Tuggle/status/1092974307981119488
NO SMILING. NO CLAPPING. NO OVATION. AN AMERICAN HERO. pic.twitter.com/dHw2IHQWkd
— Ξvan Ross Katz (@evanrosskatz) February 6, 2019
Alexandria ocasio-cortez is a complete MOOD at The State of The Union #SOTU#StateOfTheUnion #SOTU2019 pic.twitter.com/ZAyZo9woJk
— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) February 6, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez was one of a large number of Democratic women who wore white on Tuesday night to honor the women’s suffrage movement.
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