In fact, less than a year before she broke records by becoming the first person of colour to win thew Democratic primary in NY-14, she was working at a bar. She weaved her way through all the layers of society - from working on economic policy and serving as an educational director for high school youth, to working two jobs in order to make ends meet following the death of her father in 2008. The reply garnered two retweets and 280 likes in a day.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made history after her surprising Democratic primary victory in New York's 14th Congressional District.Ĭortez, who was born to working class Puerto Rican parents, ousted Joe Crowley’s 10-term incumbent on a democratic, socialist progressive agenda.Īt just 28-years of age, Cortez plans to use her position to its full potential: she is pushing to provide Medicare for everyone, she wants to abolish ICE, and ban high assault weapons following a string of fatal school shootings in the country.Ĭortez is a product of New York’s vibrant, but poor neighbourhood. Twitter user replyed with an actual image of Ocasio-Cortez noting that Garrison made Ocasio-Cortez's skin darker than it actually is (shown below, right). Racism Watchdog, retweeted the Garrison Cartoon which accumulated 910 retweets and 9,600 likes in a day (shown below, left). On February 14th, many tweets noted the racist bits of the image. The tweet gained 19 likes in two replied to retweet of Garrison's image saying "I know this caricature is supposed to be mean but her abs look perf" which accumulated 29 likes in two days (shown below). responded with a similar tweet: "I love it when right-wingers just put all their sexual psychosis on display" (shown below, right). Also Ben, your sexual neurosis is showing" (shown below, left). Twitter user, tweeted "This, but unironically. The comments continued noting the oddly sexual aspects of the image. responded stating, "God I'm getting so hammered" which gained 10 likes in two days (shown below, right). The response received 20 likes in a couple days. Twitter user responded saying "Don't threaten me with a good time" (shown below, left). On February 13th, Twitter user's immediately responded to Garrison's tweet with remarks about how they would love to go to the fictional bar. The post gained 400 retweets and 561 likes in two days. To the rest of us, it just looks like kool-aid from Jonestown" (shown below). On February 13th, libertarian cartoonist Ben Garrison posted a cartoon inspired by her tweet along with the caption Bar – Drink up Suckers! #New #BenGarrison #cartoon for #SocialismNeverWorks #OcasioCortez To the uneducated, #AOC ’s bar offers you the best in socialist hard liquor. The tweet accumulated 7,800 retweets and 54,900 likes in four days. That day, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (being a former Bartender) promptly responded with a tweet outlining her "Cocktails for the Revolution" (shown below, right). The tweet gained 180 retweets and 3,572 likes in four days. It will be green, it will be new, and, at $4 before 5 p.m., it will be a deal" (shown below, left). On February 11th, 2019, Twitter user Anand Giridharadas tweeted is too busy slaying dragons to volunteer her bartending skills, but I do believe she might be persuaded to submit a signature cocktail recipe.
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