As Twitchy readers know, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has spent the last several days making a complete and total fool of herself on the world stage. Of course, we all know she's there becasue she wants to run for president ... and woof, if this was the best she can do, she really blew it.
Which is probably why she ran to The New York Times to do some damage control.
This is pathetic.
AOC came to Munich to warn about the far-right. Coverage focused on 2028 & verbal missteps.
— Kellen Browning (@Kellen_Browning) February 17, 2026
She gave me a call.
"Everyone’s got this story wrong, that this is about me running for president," she said. "Global democracies are on fire the world over."https://t.co/KBeT3kaBzj
She gave him a call.
Because he's SPECIAL.
Browning continues:
The way her performance was microscopically dissected through the lens of what it meant for a hypothetical White House campaign frustrated AOC.
— Kellen Browning (@Kellen_Browning) February 17, 2026
She said she worried that her message was being lost in all the commotion.https://t.co/KBeT3kaBzj
HA HA HA HA HA
Quick, ask her where Venezuela is.
She said her meetings in Munich had been substantive. But what went viral was her flub on Taiwan and speculation about 2028.
— Kellen Browning (@Kellen_Browning) February 17, 2026
"Am I acting like someone who is trying to run? No! Because I’m there for a very different, specific purpose."https://t.co/KBeT3kaBzj
Don't forget the 'whiteness is imaginary' flub as well.
She's a hot mess, and now the whole world knows it.
We have the story. She was a joke. Your “clean up on aisle Sandy” is truly pathetic.
— HawkeyePilot (@HawkeyePilot) February 17, 2026
This. ^
Some guy named Kellen is running a PR campaign for AOC’s presidential strategy while saying he’s a reporter.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 17, 2026
Pro tip, Kellen: if you use the phrase far-right then AOC is far-left. https://t.co/sp3zxhuoIG
Good ol' Ric Grenell, never pulling punches.
So now the @nytimes is acting as the PR agent for AOC?
— Cerebral Political Perspectives (@informedviewer) February 17, 2026
I'd say this is remarkable, but it's not.
In fact, it's exactly what most of us have come to expect from The NY Times and its cadre of progressive operatives.
Weak sauce.
I’d love to introduce some of the “you’re too easy on AOC” crowd to the “you’re too hard on AOC” crowd and y’all can just discuss with each other!
— Kellen Browning (@Kellen_Browning) February 17, 2026
You don’t think it’s newsworthy/interesting to hear directly what she has to say? Guess we can agree to disagree.
Interesting. Sure. EL OH EL.
— Shuttrbg7 (@Shuttrbg2308) February 17, 2026
Accurate. Painfully accurate.
This is what you get when you elect a cocktail waitresshttps://t.co/RftAJ7m5fY
— Termites (@TermitesRGood) February 17, 2026
People seem to forget that Sandy auditioned for this role; she has never been a great politician or very knowledgeable about the scripts she's been handed. She says what other people want her to say ... and when she strayef from that in Munich, it bit her on the ample backside.
Sorry, not sorry.
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