It seems that every time Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks she inserts her foot into her mouth.
And it seems to happen every time she thinks she is saying something wise.
On Saturday she set her sights on Christopher Columbus and somehow related his holiday to Election Day.
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He 29-year-old socialist could not comprehend how the man who discovered America would have a holiday but Election Day would not be.
โHow is Columbus Day a holiday but Election Day not?โ she wrote on Twitter.
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How is Columbus Day a holiday but Election Day not?
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 18, 2018
Twitter users set her straight.
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Without Christopher Columbus, we wouldn't have Election Day, or America for that matter. https://t.co/OgshH7Tl9v
— Iowa Caucus Winner Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) November 18, 2018
OH NO HERE WE GO…MORON TALKING…DANGEROUS… https://t.co/YjCdegKDMv
— Hector (@Hector55945645) November 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/1064210636731805698
Imagine having a day off work just to circle a few people on a ballot and then having the rest of the day wasted https://t.co/hFKI4RF0ZW
— Mike (Dead2009) (@RavensMike) November 18, 2018
Welcome to #DumbTweetsWithAlexandria https://t.co/dLUAnbG9z4
— Auld Lame Syne (@jarrethoskins) November 18, 2018
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Because one is celebrating something and the other is the day when we participate in civics. It isn't, definitionally, a holiday. https://t.co/n06UORj3us
— ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โฆ (@ConservLing) November 18, 2018
Christopher Columbus discovered America; Erica Election did not.
— Ingenuous Firebrand (@INGFirebrand) November 18, 2018
How do twits get elected to Congress?
— Const'lGovernance (@ConstlGovt) November 18, 2018
Low information voters.
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10 days on the job and you are already looking to manufacture more days off.
— TXANM (@TXANM) November 18, 2018
If only this were part of her campaign ad….. she wouldnโt have been voted in as an elected official ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
— K A R L Y C ๐ (@officialkarlyc) November 18, 2018