Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin joined a number of conservatives who tried to mock congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for making a verbal mistake during a video.
Palin, like other Republicans, pointed out that Ocasio-Cortez said “three chambers of government,” when she clearly meant “three branches of government” during a video.
“YIKES: Ocasio-Cortez Fumbles Basic Civics TWICE In 1 Statement,” the former Alaska governor wrote on Monday afternoon.
The link led to a blog post about Ocasio-Cortez’s mistake on governorpalin.org.
YIKES: Ocasio-Cortez Fumbles Basic Civics TWICE In 1 Statement https://t.co/5xkWeYjsPP
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) November 19, 2018
Of course, Palin pointing out stumbles from Ocasio-Cortez was seen as ironic by many people, who reminded her of the numerous gaffes she made while a member of the 2008 Republican presidential ticket.
The highlights people included were: not being able to name news sources she reads, talking about Alaska’s proximity to Russia, and her aides claiming she thought Africa was a country.
Palin’s tweet was thoroughly ratioed, getting more than 9,200 replies compared to just 1,200 retweets and 3,000 likes.
I can see hypocrisy from my house https://t.co/PMpG8gcPe9
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) November 19, 2018
Um excuse me but aren't you the SAME person who referred to Africa as a state? You have NO room to judge anybody! https://t.co/5GANUYyoEn
— The Global Mentor Coach (@DrHTheGMC) November 20, 2018
Oh Sarah, you don't want to go there, do you? You don't want us to bring up your interview with @katiecouric where you were given multiple opportunities to simply say what magazines you read. AND you claiming that you can see Russia from your window. @Ocasio2018 https://t.co/4uWkoVPgog
— Barbara Patterson (@patte151) November 19, 2018
The irony. It burns. https://t.co/mRHmMcswUW
— Curien1000 (@curien1000) November 20, 2018
Honey, you should NOT be the one lecturing her. https://t.co/gPKOQ1EVeq
— Jamia (@auntoona) November 20, 2018
The ratio is glorious. https://t.co/eSYA9pxNeS
— Kamran Fareedi (@kamran_fareedi) November 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/jmrainmaker/status/1064627915239948288
Following the verbal mistake, Ocasio-Cortez hit back against conservatives for “drooling over every minute of footage of me in slow-mo, waiting to chop up word slips.”
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