Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, popularly known as AOC, said she refuses to be put down by her online haters and has claimed that, on the other hand, she welcomes them.
The 29-year-old spitfire activist was the inaugural guest last February 21 at the Desus & Mero show which had premiered on Showtime. The first late-night talk show on the channel had lined up their guests for the daily schedule, picking Ocasio-Cortez for the explosive open.
If they were going for unforgettable too, clearly, the two hosts could not have chosen a more appropriate opening night guest in Ocasio-Cortez, who also did a video prior to the launch, announcing the coming out of this second series co-hosted by Desus Nice and The Kid Mero.
In her February 13 tweet, "A very important announcement," in large uppercase font, New York's 14th congressional district representative teased the first episode of the show, asking viewers to "pay attention."
The young politician was not exactly a whole new persona at the late-night, but she did seem a bit more loose and closer to her age, mostly just grooving on the show. She even shared how she handled those multitudes trolling her online. Ocasio-Cortez also talked about how she is making her mark as a politician and her legacy of online haters.
She goes on to explain that what she does with all those haters online is just embrace them, accept them. She said she deals with the hate by looking at it in a more positive way.
Ocasio-Cortez expands on her attitude of dealing with social media haters, saying it was "heavy" but that this kind of reaction was "validation" that she was doing something "real." She went on to point out that it was the whole reason for taking part in politics. She continued by saying there was no point just staying "under the radar" because that, she emphasized, did not "help people."
Democrat Ocasio-Cortez also admitted she had the United States President Trump to be grateful to for her career, otherwise, she would have ended up as a high school teacher.
While guesting at the late-night Desus & Mero, Ocasio-Cortez seemed the image of a very human politician, but totally herself, in every bit comfortable as if she had sat in her own living room, obviously feeling totally in her element.
As to her haters, she slew them with an insult, calling them "weak."
"How do you have a computer that runs both Windows '95 and Twitter at the same time?"
