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AOC Falls Apart on the World Stage When Asked a Simple Foreign Policy Question at Munich Security Conference

This was painful to watch.

Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez completely fell apart on the world stage when asked a simple question about foreign policy at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.

Many speculated that AOC’s decision to speak on foreign policy at the Munich Security Conference was her way to signal a possible 2028 run.

AOC spoke on two different panels on Friday: “Vox Populi? Responding to the Rise of Populism” and “Breaking (With) the Past: Seismic Shifts in US Foreign Policy.”

The moderator asked AOC if the US should commit troops to defend against China and she turned into a stuttering mess.

Of course, AOC would hang Taiwan out to dry, but she could not string together a sentence.

“Would and should the US actually commit US troops to defend Taiwan if China were to move?” the moderator asked AOC.

“Um, you know, I think that, uh, this is such a, uh, you know, I — I think that this is a, umm, this is of course a, uh, a very longstanding, um, policy of the United States – uh and I think what we are hoping for is we want to make sure that we never get to that point,” AOC said.

“And we want to make sure that we are moving all of our economic research and global positions to avoid any such confrontation and for that question to even arise,” she said.

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AOC to Give Talk on Foreign Policy at the Munich Security Conference for Some Reason

Far left New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is set to give a pair of talks on foreign policy at the Munich Security Conference this weekend.

Do you think she might be prepping a run for president? Why else would she be working on her foreign policy chops? What does this have to do with her job in New York?

The field of Democrats running for president in 2028 is going to be massive and she is likely to be in it.

Just the News reports:

AOC to share foreign policy vision at Munich summit this weekend

Squad member and Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is expected to share her thoughts on American foreign policy with a global audience at the Munich Security Conference this weekend, her office said.

The Democrat is expected to speak on two panels at the German conference, her office told NBC News, one about the “rise of populism,” and another about the “future of U.S. foreign policy.”

The lawmaker, who is considered a potential presidential contender in 2028, is expected to present a contrasting vision of American foreign policy to that of President Donald Trump.

“It’s very important that they see the full spectrum of representation, leadership and thought of the United States,” Ocasio-Cortez told NBC News.

Ocasio-Cortez’s foreign policy advisor, Matt Duss, told the outlet that the lawmaker was invited to speak at the summit, where she will provide a “working class perspective” on foreign policy.

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AOC Announces Training To TEACH Agitators How To Block ICE Agents, Doxx Feds

Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is openly pushing training sessions to arm agitators with tactics to obstruct ICE operations and dox agents, escalating the left’s war on border security.

This brazen move spotlights the growing network of Democrat-led sabotage against federal immigration enforcement, as Trump’s America First policies aim to deport criminal illegals and restore order.

Ocasio-Cortez made the announcement during a town hall in Queens, New York, positioning it as “legal” observation while tying it to recent fatal confrontations involving anti-ICE protesters.

She told attendees she voted against the $1.2 trillion government funding bill that includes DHS allocations.

“I did not vote for this. I voted no,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

She encouraged monitoring ICE in neighborhoods and revealed plans for “teach-ins” with the group Hands Off NYC.

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AOC splashed $50K on Puerto Rican getaways while denouncing gentrification on the island

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent about $50,000 on ritzy Puerto Rico getaways, even as she decried gentrification on her family’s home island.

The New York congresswoman splashed the five-figure sum in the third quarter of this year, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.

Ocasio-Cortez’s largest splurge came on June 24 when her principal campaign committee dropped $16,725 on a ‘venue rental’ at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico.

The 19,000-seat stadium is where the Democrat lawmaker filmed herself enjoying global artist Bad Bunny‘s concert in August.

That same summer, Ocasio-Cortez had railed against greedy millionaires’ influence on Puerto Rico.

‘Puerto Rico is an island for working people,’ she wrote on her Facebook account in July. ‘We won’t be pushed out just so vulture capitalists can cash in.’

In a video, Ocasio-Cortez added in Spanish: ‘Puerto Rico is not for sale.’

The Democrat congresswoman’s second-largest expense was a $9,440 expenditure on September 29 at San Juan’s Hotel Palacio Provincial.

The upscale ‘adults only’ hotel has 43 rooms and suites, and is touted as being located in an early 19th century historic building. Rooms start at $269 and suites start at $439 per night.

Ocasio-Cortez also spent $1,507 on August 29 and $680 on July 28 at the Puerto Rico hotel, her campaign filings showed.

The New York lawmaker’s lodging tabs also featured a $3,861 outlay at the Hotel El Convento on August 25.

On that same day, Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign doled out $6,987 on another venue rental at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico.

About two weeks earlier, she had attended a Bad Bunny concert at the arena as part of the Puerto Rican singer’s residency.

On August 12, Ocasio-Cortez uploaded a video of herself at the show on Instagram singing along with Democratic Rep. Nydia Velázquez, of New York. It was not known whether her expenditures were related to the concerts.

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AOC email seeks donations for turkey giveaway — but money goes straight to her campaign coffers

This fundraiser is for the birds.

Power-hungry “Squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) cooked up a new way to have her cake and eat it too this Thanksgiving – by tying her annual turkey giveaway to her massive reelection campaign enterprise. And critics are crying fowl.

“Thanksgiving is two weeks away,” the self-described “Bronx girl” wrote in an email pitch last week. “Will you chip in $5 or anything you can today to help us bring the joy of the holiday season into homes around NYC this year?”

But clicking on the contribution link sends people directly to a campaign fundraising page operated by ActBlue, where donors are prompted to make a one-time or recurring monthly donation.

Selecting a dollar amount brings a disclosure that the appeal is “paid for by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress” and a reminder that donations are not deductible as charitable contributions at tax time.

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WTH?! AOC Goes On Unhinged Screaming Rant at Mamdani Rally

Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went on an unhinged rant during a rally for Communist Muslim NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani, a Communist Muslim born in Uganda, is running against former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

Zohran Mamdani is a far-left radical who openly admits he will raise property taxes based on skin color – specifically, white people.

Top Democrats such as Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and New York Governor Hochul have endorsed Mamdani.

AOC and Senator Bernie Sanders, two of the most unhinged and far-left lawmakers, joined Mamdani in Queens on Sunday evening.

The theme of Mamdani’s rally, “New York is Not For Sale,” reflected his pledge to challenge the billionaires and oligarchs funding his political opponents.

The crowd chanted, “Tax the Rich!” and booed New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

She nodded in agreement and shouted, “I hear you!”

AOC took the stage and busted out a few new accents as she screamed into the microphone on Sunday evening.

AOC’s meltdown was reminiscent of Howard Dean’s “Dean Scream Speech” that ended his career during the 2004 Iowa caucuses.

“This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Jews escaping the Holocaust…” AOC shouted.

AOC continued, “Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow. Latinos seeking a better life! Native Peoples standing for themselves! Asian-Americans coming together in Queens! In Brooklyn! In the Bronx! In Manhattan! In Staten Island! In this country, in a vision to build the freest, toughest, and greatest city on earth!”

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Watch Senator John Kennedy List the Crazy Things AOC and Other Leftist Dems Are Demanding Over Shutdown

Throughout the government shutdown fight, the issue everyone has been talking about is funding for healthcare for illegal aliens, but there are other things that are holding up the process.

Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana recently listed a bunch of items that AOC and other far left Democrats are pushing for and they’re all completely crazy.

Somehow, the media has completely missed all of this.

The Tampa Free Press reported:

Louisiana Sen. Kennedy Shreds Dems’ Shutdown Demands: ‘Cooking And Dance Workshops’ In Haiti

The federal government shutdown has taken a dramatic turn, with Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy seizing the Senate floor Friday to lay bare a list of what he calls “wasteful” and “ridiculous” foreign aid projects he claims Democrats are demanding be reinstated before they agree to reopen the government.

Kennedy accused Senate Democrats of holding the country “hostage” after they blocked a bipartisan stopgap funding bill, prolonging the shutdown into next week.

He argued that the provisions, which Republicans had previously stripped from the budget, are now being weaponized by the party’s left flank to keep the government closed.

“We just eliminated money for all forms of media in the Affordable Care Act. Now those are the demands. I’ll mention one more. Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez got very, very upset, as did the socialist wing of the party, when the president sent over what’s called a rescission package. Basically, President Trump just said we want you to take some stuff out of the budget that we think is wasteful, and we did,” Kennedy said. “And that upset the congresswoman. She’s entitled to be upset if she wants to, but that really upset the socialist wing of the party. And so we took out, and here’s what they want us to put back in.”

These are the items that Kennedy lists specifically:

– $3.6 million for cooking and dance workshops for male prostitutes in Haiti.
– Over $4.2 million for LGBTQ projects in the Western Balkans and Uganda.
– $6 million to subsidize Palestinian media outlets.
– $3 million for circumcision and vasectomies in Zambia.
– More than $833,000 for transgender people in Nepal.
– $500,000 to purchase electric buses in Rwanda.
– $300,000 to sponsor a pride parade in Lesotho.

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AOC Becomes De Facto House Minority Leader

Before last Friday’s House vote on a symbolic resolution condemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk and all forms of political violence while honoring his life, the purported leaders of the Democratic Caucus informed its members that they would support the measure. Yet, in a truly vile floor speech prior to the vote, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y) called the resolution “reckless” and claimed Kirk’s “rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.” In the end, less than half of the Democrats voted for the resolution. The rest stood with AOC.

This atrocity occurred after Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar released the following statement: “We will vote yes on H.Res.719 which is on the floor today … Political violence against anyone for any reason at any time is not acceptable.” This moved only 95 Democrats to vote for the resolution. As for the rest, 58 voted “Nay,” 38 voted “present” and 22 didn’t bother to vote. The resolution passed because 215 Republicans votes took the total “Yeas” to 310. What does this say about the Democrats? AOC holds greater sway over their caucus than its elected leader.

The far left faction of the Democrat House Caucus has metastasized dramatically. Just a few years ago, it was a small, obnoxious minority. Now, it constitutes the majority. Contrast Friday’s disgraceful vote to the vote on H.Res.519 last June. That resolution condemned the murder of Minnesota state legislator Melissa Hortman and purported to “reaffirm our commitment to a safe, civil, and peaceful democracy.” The measure passed unanimously. Yet, somehow, the Democrat commitment to a safe, civil, and peaceful democracy is not quite strong enough to protect Charlie Kirk from being posthumously slandered by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.):

What I find jarring is that there’s so many people willing to excuse the most reprehensible things that he said, that they agree with that, that they’re willing to have monuments for him, that they want to create a day to honor him, and that they want to produce resolutions … I am not going to sit here and be judged for not wanting to honor any legacy this man has left behind, that should be in the dustbin of history, and we should hopefully move on and forget the hate that he spewed every single day.

The above diatribe was Omar’s response to a question from CNN’s Kaitlin Collins about the well-deserved criticism she has received for comparing Charlie Kirk to “Dr. Frankenstein” and extending the moronic metaphor by saying, “His monster shot him through the neck.” This was, of course, a classic case of “victim blaming” and she is clearly unrepentant. Omar and AOC are typical of the far left ideologues who now dominate the Democrat Caucus in the House. Another example is Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who presided over the House investigation of the J6 “insurrection.” Below is an excerpt from his statement about the Charlie Kirk resolution:

Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric was divisive, disparaging, and too often rooted in grievance. The beliefs he evangelized normalized fringe views on race, sex, and immigration. Unfortunately, his rhetoric resurrected dangerous prejudices of a dark past … I cannot in good conscience honor someone who demeaned women, immigrants, and Black Americans, and who even questioned the very foundation of civil rights progress in this country. This resolution is intentionally written to be divisive.

Like the outrageous claims made by AOC and Omar, Johnson’s assertions about Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric and motives are pure fiction. That he is willing to say such things about a young man who was so recently murdered is utterly reprehensible. More important than such repugnant smears, however, is the very real possibility that the Democrats could win a majority in the House of Representatives in the 2026 midterms. Because far left demagogues like AOC, Omar, and Johnson now dominate the Democrat Caucus, this is genuinely terrifying. The improbable lesson these people have “learned” from their 2024 defeat is that they need to move to the left.

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AOC Pushes Gun Control After Charlie Kirk Assassinated with Bolt Action Rifle

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) described the assassination of Charlie Kirk as “horrific,” then pushed for more gun control, according to The Hill. 

Speaking to reporters, Ocasio-Cortez said, “This is horrific. This is awful.”

She then said, “Are we going to do something, or are we going to argue over rhetoric? That is my question about this. We have to pass gun safety legislation and stop this.”

Ocasio-Cortez did not say what type of gun control she would like to see passed nor what new law she thinks we need against bolt action rifles. 

During a Thursday morning press conference, FBI Special Agent Robert Bohls announced they had found the rifle they believed was used to assassinate Kirk. Bohls said it was a bolt action and they found it in “a wooded area.”

A bolt action rifle is popular for hunting and typically has an internal, fixed magazine, holding 4 or 5 rounds. The bolt must be manually lifted, pulled back, then pushed forward into battery, between shots, as each round must be manually loaded into the chamber. 

Like a revolver, a bolt action rifle is rudimentary. What gun control would impact such rifles?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Misses Financial Disclosure Deadline After Extension, Omits Fiancé’s Finances

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) must be too busy flying first class to worry about following financial transparency rules.

AOC skipped filing her mandatory 2024 financial disclosure documents and instead requested a 90-day extension past the May due date.

Despite being given extra time, the far-left Congresswoman missed the second date as well and, according to an exclusive from The New York Post, finally filed the documents a week late.

Absent from her disclosure, however, was any sign of her partner of more than a decade, fiancé Riley Roberts.

Although AOC calls Roberts her “spouse” for perks, she has excluded him from disclosures.

Per The Post:

Ocasio-Cortez, 35, came under fire from the House Ethics Committee last month for calling Roberts, 37, her “spouse” on some ethics forms to receive perks such as travel and gala access, but leaving him off financial disclosures so she doesn’t have to disclose his assets.

“There is a reason Congress requires financial disclosures to include the spouses of members of Congress,” Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, interim vp of policy and government affairs at the Project On Government Oversight, told The Post.

“If spousal disclosures were not required, it would be all-too easy to exploit that loophole and simply transfer any conflicted or problematic assets or financial activity into the spouse’s name.

“If her fiancée is going to avail himself of some of the perks and privileges of being the spouse of a member of Congress, he should surely have to likewise comply with the less convenient parts,” he said.

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