latest example of an ongoing effort by critics of ocasio-cortez to diminish her. >> a socialist. >> democratic socialist. >> reporter: she's become a lightning rod for conservatives. >> she's proposing that we take -- that we bring socialism to our country right now in venezuela there are people who can't afford shoes. >> reporter: in november, a columnist for the right-leaning "washington examiner" tweeted this photo of ocasio-cortez walking down a hallway in a blazer, apparently seeking to raise doubts about whether she struggles economically. ocasio-cortez wasn't shy about fighting back, posting in response, dark hates light. that's why you tune it out. she parries attacks from conservatives, including ongoing questions about her working class roots by calling out corny republicans and telling one poster, you didn't even know who i was seven months ago, you're not going to birther me now, a reference to the long-time effort to paint president obama