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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) does a little dance outside her new office on Friday. (Photo: Screenshot/@AOC)
'Wait Till GOP Find Out Congresswomen Dance Too,' Says Ocasio-Cortez
After right-wing attack of college era 'Breakfast Club' video backfires and goes viral, newly-seated Democrat lets world know she's still got a couple moves
Jan 03, 2019
After an attempt by right-wingers to somehow embarrass Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) by sharing an amazing video of her replicating a dance scene from the 1980s classic film, "The Breakfast Club," the newly-seated member let her detractors know on Friday that not only is she not ashamed of the archival footage, she's got a couple of moves left.
Set the Edwin Starr classic song "War"--which asks "what is it good for?"--Ocasio-Cortez posted this video from outside her new Capitol Office in response:
And the 'Breakfast Club' video which started it all:
\u201cIt\u2019s the Ally Sheedy Breakfast Club dance \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffe @AOC\u201d— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin-Manuel Miranda) 1546567403
Asked by The Hill about the "controversy" of the unearthed video from her college days, Ocasio-Cortez said: "It is not normal for elected officials to have a reputation for dancing well and I'm happy to be one." But, she added, "It is unsurprising to me that Republicans would think having fun should be disqualifying or illegal."
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After an attempt by right-wingers to somehow embarrass Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) by sharing an amazing video of her replicating a dance scene from the 1980s classic film, "The Breakfast Club," the newly-seated member let her detractors know on Friday that not only is she not ashamed of the archival footage, she's got a couple of moves left.
Set the Edwin Starr classic song "War"--which asks "what is it good for?"--Ocasio-Cortez posted this video from outside her new Capitol Office in response:
And the 'Breakfast Club' video which started it all:
\u201cIt\u2019s the Ally Sheedy Breakfast Club dance \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffe @AOC\u201d— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin-Manuel Miranda) 1546567403
Asked by The Hill about the "controversy" of the unearthed video from her college days, Ocasio-Cortez said: "It is not normal for elected officials to have a reputation for dancing well and I'm happy to be one." But, she added, "It is unsurprising to me that Republicans would think having fun should be disqualifying or illegal."
After an attempt by right-wingers to somehow embarrass Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) by sharing an amazing video of her replicating a dance scene from the 1980s classic film, "The Breakfast Club," the newly-seated member let her detractors know on Friday that not only is she not ashamed of the archival footage, she's got a couple of moves left.
Set the Edwin Starr classic song "War"--which asks "what is it good for?"--Ocasio-Cortez posted this video from outside her new Capitol Office in response:
And the 'Breakfast Club' video which started it all:
\u201cIt\u2019s the Ally Sheedy Breakfast Club dance \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffe @AOC\u201d— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin-Manuel Miranda) 1546567403
Asked by The Hill about the "controversy" of the unearthed video from her college days, Ocasio-Cortez said: "It is not normal for elected officials to have a reputation for dancing well and I'm happy to be one." But, she added, "It is unsurprising to me that Republicans would think having fun should be disqualifying or illegal."
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