Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saw the funny side after she was epically trolled by Donald Trump over losing the battle to lead the House Oversight Committee.
Trump shared on Truth Social that it was ‘really too bad’ that Ocasio-Cortez was defeated by Gerry Connolly to lead the House Democrats on the panel.
‘She should keep trying,’ Trump added. ‘Someday, she will be successful!’
Ocasio-Cortez pursued a leadership position on the committee, challenging more established and more senior Democrats who were expected to get the role.
She lost to 74-year-old Connolly (D-Va.) with the final vote from her Democratic colleagues at 131 to 84. Connolly was recently diagnosed with esophagus cancer, with plans to undergo chemotherapy to address it.
Ocasio-Cortez reacted to Trump’s post on social media, sharing an image of his reaction on her own X account.
‘Damn you know it’s bad when even Trump is feeling bad for me,’ Ocasio-Cortez replied with a laugh/crying emoji.
Ocasio-Cortez continues looking for ways to her political profile, especially after Democrats lost the Senate, the House, and the presidency to President-elect Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans in the 2024 election.
Although in the minority, the position of the House Oversight Committee chairman is a prominent position for Democrats looking for ways to make a name for themselves by opposing Trump and hold him and his administration accountable.
But in Congress, seniority continues to reign, suggesting that the 35-year-old congresswoman will have to wait her turn.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was among Democrats who opposed Ocasio-Cortez’s attempt to leapfrog over Connelly, as she made calls to fellow Democrats on his behalf.
Ocasio-Cortez reacted negatively after Trump won the presidency in November, warning her followers that the United States was entering a period of ‘fascism.’
‘We find ourselves I believe in a time where there are lets say peers in history of massive movements of people that mobilize to protect one another in times of fascism and authoritarianism. And this is the era that we are poised to enter,’ she told her followers on Instagram.
She later reflected on the fact that some of her supporters who voted for her also voted for Trump as president instead of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Some of her followers admitted they voted for Trump because they believed that he actually cared about the working class and would bring change to the country as an anti-establishment figure.
‘I feel like Trump and you are both real,’ wrote one follower simply.
‘I feel that you both are outsiders compared to the rest of DC, and less establishment,’ wrote another one of her followers.
‘Voted Trump, but I like you and Bernie,’ wrote another. I don’t trust either party establishment politicians.’
Trump earned 33 percent of voters in Ocasio-Cortez’s district, a shocking jump of eleven points from the 2020 presidential election.
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