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<p>In our era of polarization, it&#39;s nice to see that people on both the Left and Right have something in common: they&#39;re all obsessed with<a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-troll-congresswoman-bartender/"> Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. </a></p><p>The freshman congresswoman from New York attended her first <s>Trump rally</s> <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/state-of-the-union-tweets-2019-trump/">State of the Union</a>, and was not impressed with the president&#39;s performance.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NO SMILING. NO CLAPPING. NO OVATION. AN AMERICAN HERO. <a href="https://t.co/dHw2IHQWkd">pic.twitter.com/dHw2IHQWkd</a></p>&mdash; Ξvan Ross Katz (@evanrosskatz) <a href="https://twitter.com/evanrosskatz/status/1092975765199749120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>AOC&#39;s reaction when Democrat-in-name-only Senator Joe Manchin<a href="https://twitter.com/girlsreallyrule/status/1092973419950469120"> applauded fossil fuels</a> became an instant meme,</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/BJ7iEc5Uuu">pic.twitter.com/BJ7iEc5Uuu</a></p>&mdash; Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCJackson/status/1093151822284505094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me whenever mediocre white people get applauded for doing the bare minimum. <a href="https://t.co/BdnVopYgtM">https://t.co/BdnVopYgtM</a></p>&mdash; zellie (@zellieimani) <a href="https://twitter.com/zellieimani/status/1093024710126903296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me when the plane lands <a href="https://t.co/YyJlVPSbpZ">pic.twitter.com/YyJlVPSbpZ</a></p>&mdash; Patrick Sullivan (@PatchNavillus) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatchNavillus/status/1093143443373809665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I want this on a T-shirt. <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> is looking at Joe like he&#39;s about make orphans work in a coal-mine for free. <a href="https://t.co/Cp4HjteicJ">https://t.co/Cp4HjteicJ</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Van Horne (@RyanVanHorne) <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanVanHorne/status/1093203451381727232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>There was more to AOC&#39;s look than just her bold-lipped stare.</p><p>The Democratic women in the House of Representatives all wore white to pay tribute to the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/02/05/why-are-women-lawmakers-wearing-white-state-union/?utm_term=.7596ecd420f3">suffragette movement</a> that gave them the right to vote.</p><p>Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, along with her fellow progressive congresswoman Rep. Rashida Tlaib, wore pins with the face of Jakelin Caal, one of the migrant children who died in the government&#39;s custody.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reps. <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RashidaTlaib</a> are both wearing pins bearing the image of Jakelin Ameí Rosmery Caal Maquin, one of the two children who died in immigration custody in December.<br><br>Tlaib&#39;s Instagram caption: &quot;We are bringing Jakelin into the room with us during the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SOTU</a>.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/3jQ032lj4P">pic.twitter.com/3jQ032lj4P</a></p>&mdash; Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) <a href="https://twitter.com/TUSK81/status/1092988761741246464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>She also brought as her guest Ana Maria Archila, the activist who confronted Jeff Flake in an elevator over his support for Justice Accused Sexual Assaulter Brett Kavanaugh.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m proud to announce that my <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StateOfTheUnion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StateOfTheUnion</a> guest will be <a href="https://twitter.com/AnaMariaArchil2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnaMariaArchil2</a>.<br><br>Ana Maria is the NY14-er who famously jumped into the elevator with Sen. Flake to elevate the stories of survivors everywhere.<br><br>She‘s living proof that the courage within all of us can change the 🌎. <a href="https://t.co/OLSeNbP4Z2">https://t.co/OLSeNbP4Z2</a></p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1092466823273070594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Conservatives, in their obsession with her every move and <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-internet-dancing-congresswoman-trolls/">dance move, </a>were absolutely AGHAST that the congresswoman dared not to smile as the president <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/06/fact-checking-president-trumps-state-union-address/?utm_term=.8aef7b35d108">lied about immigrants, </a>threatened <a href="https://jezebel.com/im-an-abortion-provider-and-its-time-to-tell-the-truth-1832394430">women&#39;s bodily autonomy,</a> and pretty much <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/us/politics/trump-pelosi-house-investigations.html?action=click&amp;module=Spotlight&amp;pgtype=Homepage">threatened war if the Democratic House investigates him. </a></p><p>When not photoshopping her white outfit to look like a <a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/oac-sotu-conservative-freakout">straitjacket,</a> conservative pundits decried her lack of joy, basically saying that she should &quot;smile more.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><em>Wall Street Journal </em>columnist Peggy Noonan said that Ocasio-Cortez &quot;had a rare bad night, looking not spirited, warm and original as usual but sullen, teenaged and at a loss.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And good natured with the white jackets, who I see some on twitter are calling the straight jackets. AOC had a rare bad night, looking not spirited, warm and original as usual but sullen, teenaged and at a loss. 2.</p>&mdash; Peggy Noonan (@Peggynoonannyc) <a href="https://twitter.com/Peggynoonannyc/status/1092987569300824064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>The congresswoman responded, &quot;Why should I be &lsquo;spirited and warm&rsquo; for this embarrassment of a <del>#</del>SOTU? Tonight was an unsettling night for our country. The president failed to offer any plan, any vision at all, for our future.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why should I be “spirited and warm” for this embarrassment of a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SOTU</a>?<br><br>Tonight was an unsettling night for our country. The president failed to offer any plan, any vision at all, for our future.<br><br>We’re flying without a pilot. And I‘m not here to comfort anyone about that fact. <a href="https://t.co/7bu3QXFMnC">https://t.co/7bu3QXFMnC</a></p>&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1093018708186972160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="you should smile broad city GIF" data-attribution="Giphy" data-attribution-url="" src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/cf8sr7I4LNZni/giphy.gif?cid=3640f6095c5b2cf7586f6a2f6fe3b6b5" /></div> <figcaption>This pretty much sums it up.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has words for people angry about her face during the State of the Union.

In our era of polarization, it&#39;s nice to see that people on both the Left and Right have something in common: they&#39;re all obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The freshman congresswoman from New York attended her first Trump rally State of the Union, and was not impressed with the president&#39;s performance.NO SMILING. NO CLAPPING. NO OVATION. AN AMERICAN HERO. pic.twitter.com/dHw2IHQWkd&mdash; Ξvan Ross Katz (@evanrosskatz) February 6, 2019 AOC&#39;s reaction when Democrat-in-name-only Senator Joe Manchin applauded fossil fuels became an instant meme,pic.twitter.com/BJ7iEc5Uuu&mdash; Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) February 6, 2019 Me whenever mediocre white people get applauded for doing the bare minimum. https://t.co/BdnVopYgtM&mdash; zellie (@zellieimani) February 6, 2019 Me when the plane lands pic.twitter.com/YyJlVPSbpZ&mdash; Patrick Sullivan (@PatchNavillus) February 6, 2019 I want this on a T-shirt. @AOC is looking at Joe like he&#39;s about make orphans work in a coal-mine for free. https://t.co/Cp4HjteicJ&mdash; Ryan Van Horne (@RyanVanHorne) February 6, 2019 There was more to AOC&#39;s look than just her bold-lipped stare.The Democratic women in the House of Representatives all wore white to pay tribute to the suffragette movement that gave them the right to vote.Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, along with her fellow progressive congresswoman Rep. Rashida Tlaib, wore pins with the face of Jakelin Caal, one of the migrant children who died in the government&#39;s custody.Reps. @AOC and @RashidaTlaib are both wearing pins bearing the image of Jakelin Ameí Rosmery Caal Maquin, one of the two children who died in immigration custody in December.Tlaib&#39;s Instagram caption: &quot;We are bringing Jakelin into the room with us during the #SOTU.&quot; pic.twitter.com/3jQ032lj4P&mdash; Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) February 6, 2019 She also brought as her guest Ana Maria Archila, the activist who confronted Jeff Flake in an elevator over his support for Justice Accused Sexual Assaulter Brett Kavanaugh.I’m proud to announce that my #StateOfTheUnion guest will be @AnaMariaArchil2.Ana Maria is the NY14-er who famously jumped into the elevator with Sen. Flake to elevate the stories of survivors everywhere.She‘s living proof that the courage within all of us can change the 🌎. https://t.co/OLSeNbP4Z2&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 4, 2019 Conservatives, in their obsession with her every move and dance move, were absolutely AGHAST that the congresswoman dared not to smile as the president lied about immigrants, threatened women&#39;s bodily autonomy, and pretty much threatened war if the Democratic House investigates him. When not photoshopping her white outfit to look like a straitjacket, conservative pundits decried her lack of joy, basically saying that she should &quot;smile more.&quot;Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan said that Ocasio-Cortez &quot;had a rare bad night, looking not spirited, warm and original as usual but sullen, teenaged and at a loss.&quot;And good natured with the white jackets, who I see some on twitter are calling the straight jackets. AOC had a rare bad night, looking not spirited, warm and original as usual but sullen, teenaged and at a loss. 2.&mdash; Peggy Noonan (@Peggynoonannyc) February 6, 2019 The congresswoman responded, &quot;Why should I be &lsquo;spirited and warm&rsquo; 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.&quot;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. https://t.co/7bu3QXFMnC&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 6, 2019  This pretty much sums it up. Giphy

In our era of polarization, it&#39;s nice to see that people on both the Left and Right have something in common: they&#39;re all obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.   The freshman congresswoman from New York attended her first Trump...