In case you missed it, two of the dudes running for president decided to dust off their Spanish at last night's presidential debate. And everyone's got an opinion on it, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Senator Cory Booker and non-senator Beto O'Rourke were the Spanish attempters in question. They answered a chunk of one question each in Spanish. Watch below:

Oops, wrong clip. Here it is:

O'Rourke, Booker and Castro showed off their Spanish in the Democratic debate. pic.twitter.com/hZFXfQOeCW
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 27, 2019

While the internet had its own reactions, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez headed to "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" to register her amusement at their skills. She was mostly complimentary, while also deploying expert shade.

“I loved it," she said, "because, I represent the Bronx and there was a lot of Spanglish in the building.”

She added that the gents' use of the language was "humorous." Then she spoke Spanish herself and piled on some more shade, giving the Spanish translation for "I will not give you an answer to your question."

LOL: @AOC "I thought it was humorous," when the 2020 Dems spoke "spanglish," at times.

"I thought people were just going to start saying [Fluent Spanish] Which means I will not give you an answer to your question." pic.twitter.com/TBVLjSZVUR
— Francis Brennan (@FrancisBrennan) June 27, 2019

(Also, for what it's worth, AOC and Colbert agreed that Warren "knocked it out of the park" at this debate.)

Reaction to the dudes' Spanish skills has been mixed. Many have accused them of pandering. But the debate took place in Miami and was co-hosted by Telemundo. Also, um... guys? No matter what your Trump-voting uncle says, the US actually doesn't have an official language. Tens of millions of Americans speak Spanish. The US has more Spanish-speakers than Spain! It probably shouldn't be this unusual for us to see Spanish spoken at a political function.

All I will say is that it would be great for a presidential candidate to speak Spanish, the language 41 million Americans speak. Imagine if we took that possibility seriously. (This is not a defense of Beto. It’s a reminder that other languages exist in America.)
— roxane gay (@rgay) June 27, 2019

Still, many are saying the guys' attempts at Spanish were embarrassing. Brad Polumbo of the Washington Examiner said it was "offensive pandering at its worst."

Beto O' Rouke is like if gentrification was a person
— p.e. garcia (@semioclastia) June 27, 2019

And some couldn't help but notice that the Spanish-language answers were actually a bit flimsy.

Just switching into Spanish any time you don’t want to answer the question is a pretty solid tactic.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 27, 2019

And the internet, of course, said it was great meme fodder.

I turned Cory Booker’s face listening to Beto speak Spanish into a meme pic.twitter.com/DoWDbOOcDJ
— It's Always Sunny in Ram Nation (@RVA_Ram36) June 27, 2019

Sadly for Booker, his shady side-eye was circulated more than his actual language skills.

When Dad says "Hola, como estas?" to the waiter at the Mexican restaurant #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/64FY2LV6kp
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) June 27, 2019

CNN Politics was kind enough to dig through the trenches of Cory Booker's Twitter account for a little back story: Booker once studied abroad in Ecuador, and this is how he "improved" his Spanish language "abilidad."

Ecuador is where I did my immersion Spanish language study. Lived with a family and really improved my abilidad. https://t.co/jULwOUcrSd
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) June 16, 2016

O'Rourke, meanwhile, has been flexing his Spanish skills for a while now. He once suggested debating Ted Cruz in Spanish, forcing Cruz to admit he speaks one language and one language only: a sort of strangled, high-pitched undertaker's English.

Marianne Williamson, the presidential candidate most likely to corner you at a bar asking for your birth time, had jokes.

I need to learn Spanish by tomorrow night at 9.
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) June 27, 2019

Which reminds us: yes, there's another set of debates tonight at 9 p.m., featuring ten more candidates. Tune in to watch Bernie Sanders yell at things, probably in English.

Cory and Beto spoke Spanish at last night's debate. AOC called it "humorous."