Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a fraud. She proved it when she posed in front of a chain-link fence and pretended to sob at a migrant camp that was half a mile away. And she proved it again yesterday.
At first it looks like she’s handcuffed, but then she raises her fist in victory or solidarity or whatever:
She pretended to be in handcuffs. She was not in handcuffs.
Her buddy Ilhan got in on the act too:
So, why would they pantomime being led away in handcuffs by a police officer? Here’s why:
It was all for the cameras. If it looks real, it is real. Fact-checking is reserved for Republicans. That’s how journalism works.
AOC and her comrades think journos are stupid, gullible, and lazy. And for once, I agree with her.
Elites love playacting. The important thing is that AOC and her fellow girlbosses can tell themselves they accomplished something:
Remember when lawmakers made laws?