Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) may have slyly poked fun at a certain someone and their social media habits outside Congress on Tuesday. Asked what advice she’d offer young, aspiring politicians, she dropped some wisdom that might serve, say, one particular resident of the White House.
“My piece of advice is that if anyone thinks that they might run, maybe don’t tweet after dark,” she told reporters.
Generational Divide in Social Media Use
Addressing a stark generational divide seen online, Ocasio-Cortez added, “It’s funny because I feel like millennials were raised with this idea that everything you ever post online is a permanent record. It’s like boomers and Gen Z were raised very differently, and we’re seeing that expressed in our politics.”
President Donald Trump’s fondness for fiery pre-dawn posting is well-known. Seeming particularly ornery before sunrise, he’s recently used the wee hours to lash out at “communists” after a slate of democratic socialists’ primary wins (2:38 a.m.), attacked “Dumocrats” opposing his controversial voting restriction package, the SAVE Act, (3:57 a.m.) and fired off a passive-aggressive defense of his disastrous Great American State Fair (6:27 a.m.)
Ocasio-Cortez's History of Targeting Trump
A strong contender for the Democrats’ 2028 presidential candidate, the New York progressive rarely passes up a chance to rankle Trump. Earlier this month, after he happened to attend the New York Knicks’ only losing game of the NBA Finals, she embraced the president’s signature all-caps style in an X post that said, “THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO BLESSED MSG TODAY TO GET THE STANK VIBES OUT YOUR SERVICE IS APPRECIATED.”
