By Tim Graham | February 5, 2021 | 9:37am EST
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a press conference, to address remarks made by President Donald Trump earlier in the day. (Photo credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a darling of the left, not just in the news media, but in Hollywood and pop culture venues. She s been on the cover of
Time, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg Businessweek, New York Magazine and the Hollywood Reporter. She is hailed all over for her social media prowess.
But at a time when these left-wing venues have expressed a massive panic over misinformation on the Internet and the need for fact-checking, they don t seem to feel this way about anything spouted by AOC.
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No doubt about it, making fun of trauma victims has been a major source of fun for movement conservatives for the past decade. In particular, right-wing trolls enjoy mocking the concept of being triggered, which is mental health jargon for experiencing stress or anxiety when reminded of traumatic events. Donald Trump Jr. even titled his book Triggered, trying to put this noxious cruelty on the bestseller lists.
The targets of right-wing mockery aren t usually people traumatized by car accidents or combat experiences, but people whose trauma is politically uncomfortable for conservatives. As Sophia Tesfaye wrote earlier this week at Salon, it s a tired shtick that is often trotted out by right-wing pundits who attempt to deflect negative attention like after a school shooting or publicized event of police violence. And, of course, it s leveraged against victims of sexual violence, as happened when Donald Trump made fun of Christine Blasey Ford for her story of be
FOX News contributor reacts to the White House press secretary s daily briefing on America Reports
President Biden often invoked a message of national unity on the 2020 campaign trail and since taking office last month – but did his top spokesperson get the message?
White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s Twitter feed shows a host of less-than-unifying remarks over the past few years. In some of them, she’s mocking Trump supporters, Donald Trump Jr. and Carter Page, blasting Republican House members, poking fun at White Christian conservatives and describing a Trump rally as crazy like hide under my pillow crazy.