AOC hits back at critics of her gaffe-filled Munich speech — as major Republican suggests she could be president

Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was noticeably hoarse as she responded to the blowback she received after stammering over a question about how the US should respond to a hypothetical Chinese invasion of Taiwan is due to the public being conditioned to President Trump’s impulsiveness. “Um, you know, I think that this is such a, you know, I think that this is, this is of course a very longstanding policy of the United States,” the congresswoman said in response to a question from moderator Francine Lacqua of Bloomberg TV. During the fallout from her gaffes in Germany, Ocasio-Cortez vented against the backlash she weathered, telling the New York Times that it was an effort to “distract from the substance of what I am saying.”

Author: Ryan King

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