By Felicia Sonmez Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow April 25 at 3:19 PM Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday tweeted — then deleted — a post that mistakenly identified her fellow House Democrat, Rep. John Yarmuth , as one of the Republican Party’s “older male members.”
The Kentucky GOP post shows Yarmuth, a six-term Democrat who is chairman of the House Budget Committee, smiling and standing next to a cardboard cutout of Ocasio-Cortez. “Looks like @AOC and #socialism are calling the shots for @KyDems now!” the post reads.
Can you say DINO? I’ll bet you can!!
AOC’s ignorance and incompetence is regularly revealed buy her own comments.
How does she keep on making a fool out of herself? Someone on her team needs to be fired
She’s just a commie rebranded as a social democrat. What a joke! The Dims are imploding.
Aaaaaaaaaasssssssssshhhooolllleeeeeeee
So..... most of the Administration is old Conservative white men how is this and issue if your dealing in facts so now we have to be afraid to state truth but yall accept lies
Just another confirmation that you can’t spell Choas without an A, an O and a C
At least if nothing else the Democrats have made it clear how aging white men should vote. I mean I heard u the first 10000 times that being white, over 40ish and male is not welcome in the Dem party.
biden
Why did his age and gender matter?
Well of course he was a older member of the GOP..... he’s old and white....such an easy mistake to make 😂😂😂😂
Big deal
Enough. Let’s move on
So if she can criticize someone for being an old Male... I guess she wouldn't mind being called a a nieve female twit
THERE YOU GO
Was it Joe Biden, because I can kinda see the resemblance?
My bad...
Ooops
Happens to everyone. Hardly news 🙄
Takes me back to... 'a tan suit! The humanity!'
So what, who really cares.
So what!?!?
The Washington compost at it again AOC is a total idiot!! And needs to be removed from Congress
And this is news.
Two things worth noting The FNN FAKE NEWS NETWORK 2 WASHINGTON POST HAS SAID SONETHING NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE RNC AND IS DETRIMENTAL TO AOC Is it possible that even as slow as this news press is. It finally is seeing the light? ?
Women: BE PERFECT OR ELSE. 😶
ok and
So what! Washington Post what reason would this be an article? To drive a Republican narrative about the popular freshman congressional member. What about the criminal in the white house stopping investigations into his administration? Report Facts not spin.
How is this news?
She smoked one too many pots before tweeting.
STOP attacking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. FACT: there are too many OLD, slow moving and slow thinking old farts in positions of power. Period. God give me patience BUT give it to me now.
She’s so crazy
AOC is the gift that keeps on giving and a prime example of just how clueless her generation is. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
You all made such a mockery of Sarah Palin’s gaffs but now this isn’t news? You commenters are ridiculous.
Those high paid interns are letting her down.
Sounds like she is human.
Well, they do all look a like...so easy to mistake them
Watch the cultists defend Ocasio, they’ll slam WaPo for reporting her exact words and actions. Where people get this idea to worship a woman who cost NYC 25,000 salaried positions at $125K, I’ll never know. She doesn’t work, she obsessively looks to promote herself, ...
😂😂😂😂idiot.
AOCisDumb.
Her tweets should delete her!
Not surprising, she gets a lot of stuff wrong.
Kentucky Dem embraces aoc - there’s your headline you embarrassing excuse of a tabloid. Wtf is happening to you
What a troll
Horror of horrors! How dare she?
So many things going on. Who cares?
How the hell is this news?
The 'Carton Cut Out Congresswoman'.
At least she deleted her mistake which is more than can be said for any Reps who make an error. I mean they elected a lying, cheating, racist moron and they haven’t deleted that mistake yet. But that’s ok. We’ll take care of it come Election Day.
He seems pretty cool 😎
DavisOkoth2 This woman Is sick
I guess the circular firing squad can be confusing at first.
Sexist insult ?
Opps.......a honest mistake! Dump Trump 2020!!
Come on, people. If you were to make a brouhaha every time people delete a tweet after realizing they made a mistake in it, you wouldn't need to cover anything else. The media sometimes can be a ridiculous bunch.
Girl for an educated woman, you sure are not representing us.
But she is the future of the Democratic Party! Par-Tay!!!
Oh my God, a human made a mistake.must ban her for life and ridicule for ever.
The perils of navigating by group identity.
She hates even her own Democrats and will throw them under a bus given the chance.
How’d she not know?!! Really?!! These last couple years and this is “news”? Meanwhile...Iowa King has musing his life of suffering has been like the Savior’s.
The Washington Post has really lost it. Sad to see such a great paper lose it’s worth. Thanks Jeff.
I didn't know everyone in high school in my freshman year, either. Yet somehow, I made it through. She's gonna be fine.
She should have just run with it. Pretty hilarious.
Why is this a story?!?!
She is an embarrassment to our Congress and country
Shut up
Ocasio-Cortez should be ashamed for being like Trump by putting out a tweet with wrong info.
She needs to watch it. She talks a lot but still haven’t heard anything worth listening to.
She has down syndrome, cut her some slack.
BWAHAHAHA! How the heck does this woman NOT know that John Yarmuth is her own party’s Chairman of the House Budget Committee!! 🤣🤣🤣
That's racist.
'AOC': Cc realDonaldTrump mike_pence SecPompeo GOP thejointstaff DeptofDefense RealCandaceO charliekirk11 absolutia AmerEurope RiszkaKaradwipa etc: Betul?. 🤣🤣🤣.
Really? This is news worthy?
Oops!
And this must be a slow news day if that’s the best ya got.
😡🙀
Washington Post: As a democrat I feel safe to say that not everything she does is worthy of a news story or even a mention. Some Democrats are even running for President.
The real deal..Republican lite isn't going to get the job done. She is right on point. 😐
Umm, hello. That’s what people do when they make an error. They fix it. Why is this news?
She makes these mistakes because she is 100% scripted and really doesn’t understand what is going on around her.
Lol durpppy durppp AOC blinded by her hatred of old white guys. They all look alike apparently
This is news
Understandable. I've mistaken Joe Manchin as a Republican too many times to count.
Thinking that just because a man is old and white, that he is a conservative seems racist but we all know democrats can’t be racist
🙊
Pretty bad AOC thought fellow Democrat Rep. John Yarmuth is a Republican. How does she not know he’s a Democrat and House Budget Chairman?
Not news.
Oops. I forgive her. Lots of balls in the air. Let’s move on.
Lmao can’t believe y’all actually reported this. Also nobody gives af
Clicked on ur shietee accnt for first time. Stench from budthurdt liberals is overwhelming ..
Really...really...you can't fix stupid
Umm..... now mistakenly? But had it been a republican or trump.... would it be said so as such?
Let’s keep our eye on the ball, Dems. I hope this campaign cycle won’t be like the last one. Let’s talk economy, health care, infrastructure, the environment, etc., and get ahead of the game. Please stop this childish bickering!
Gotta be careful and think things through before tweeting, when you are a public figure - What is the big hurry to get something out there on social media - where most of the people appear to be from other countries or bots - AOC
Oh please. Are you reporting on an episode of Mean Girls? i don't care about name calling and deleted tweets.
Not a surprise. She only talks about issues she has no understanding of.
Was this news because Trump never admits any of his lies?
Admittedly they are difficult to keep separate...
For all you that say that this is no big deal, I don’t want to hear you say anything negative about President Trump.
Open mouth insert foot. She does it all the time.
They're looking for anything to take her down a peg.
Yawn.
Is this news?
See this is news because... fuck it
Oh got it - she’s human.
Notice she didn’t correct and retweet. She would never KNOWINGLY speak to another democrat like that.
Who cares
Hey, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck... Given his assholish attacks on AOC, I'm not surprised she thought he was a Republican
Well she is the ugliest person in the world
Newsies.
Boston University can’t be proud of this grad..
Oh yes you are 🎼🎵
wow great scoop guys
The funny thing is she could have discerned who he was by the GOPs snark if she had bothered to read.
Omg front page news. I read this, clutched my pearls and gasped.....good grief people focus. We have a criminal in the WH.
I hope she has a short political career
So now she’s being ageist, a bigot & racist. Nice for a US Congressman. How embarrassing.
If it was trump y’all be would losing your minds.
Lmao all of the butthurt liberals in this thread
Jeff Bezos wrecked The Washington Post, not as bad as Buzzfeed but getting there
She’s gone too far. I’m really tired of her attacks on Moderate Democratic Office holders.
Lmao embarrassing
Moron
Someone deleting a tweet is *not* news
Haha
Hahahahaha. Indication of her level of knowledge about the basic stuff. Her fellow Democrats.If she spent less time( her Chief of Staff also)trying to be a star and sucking the air and more time remembering her constituents are select and does not include all others constituents
No resemblance whatsoever.
So ... she tweeted something that wasn’t correct and deleted it once she realized that. Heaven forfend! She’s worse than Hitler!
Her college degree really paid off sad !!!
So?
Ok. Now list all the tweets in which Trump lied or got something wrong. Check in with ddale8
She finally made an actual mistake, Guess the GOP will be piling on this one for the next 5 years.
Really, who cares🤯❗️ America is under Attack in the Oval Office😳
Slow news day?
So she made a mistake and corrected it. What huge news.
It’s ok—we’re all allowed to rethink the words we use.
Look, there are plenty of idiot Republicans, to be sure. This is just an example of an idiot Democrat. Just laugh, it’s fun
Damn I can't believe she corrected a mistake. Who does that
OMG!!! It's the end of the ,yaaaawn, world
Maybe you should giving freshmen congress people do much news time.
Trigger finger ftw
All of my snarky responses were taken. You’re better than this, WaPo.
Quite a slow leak, isn’t she?
Oh, dear. THIS isn’t even TMZ-worthy. Please stay focused .
'I think that there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right.'
This is news to the Bezos PAC - the fact OCD is an idiot.
Lol even I knew he was too funny
So?
Why delete it? Her point that she was trying to make is still valid; he is an old man and that’s a justification to dismiss and discredit him.
Just dumb.
So what
OMG, you got her. Congratulations. You won. You got her. Wow.
Woah breaking news a tweet was deleted 🙃
Now do Crenshaw lying in a bunch of his tweets
Uh, because she's a sexist racist who makes broad assumptions about people? Basically, Female Liberal Trump.
At least she does something when she knows she made a mistake UNLIKE THE WASHINGTON COMPOST
mattklewis It was important to delete it. Insinuating that someone cannot do a job because of their age is ageism (legally). The only exception is if a person cannot “perform the essential elements of the job.”
I can't stand her, but I'm not a hypocrite. It was just a typing error on a tweet. Not a big deal.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
joe connelly?
Kinda hard to tell the difference sometimes
Sometimes it’s hard to tell
And that’s news?
mattklewis WaPo is killing it! Congrats on the hot scoop y'all.
Hehehe, this is the least stupid thing she has done.
Oh Wow,she sounds just like Trump.Maybe the two of them need to get off Twitter until they both can get a handle on their Twitters.PEASINAPOD
If the shoe fits...
Is this news?
Looks like she will have to resign...
how could someone so dumb get elected to Congress
Donald Trump has tweeted thousands of lies, slanders, misspellings, errors and personal attacks of every kind. You got something new?
And this affects me howwwwwww.
She is a loose cannon
Ffs 🤦♀️. This PC stuff has gotten out of control
So AOC assumed an old white dude from middle America was a Republican? No surprise. She lives in the progressive bubble and doesn’t care about anyone that is not a crazy socialist.
WTF, Wapo?
She is so stupid
She’s a bigot. She hates white males and seniors. Why don’t you call her out on her bigotry?
Saved ya the click
Breaking! Person corrects mistake!
Oops.
And it’s totally not important.
🤣🤣🤣 this validates that AOC has an empty brain indeed! Ouchy, ouchy, ugh🤣🤣🤣
Why? Is it only creepy if a Republican does it?
aoc is as dumb as they come. Only in this country would someone as stupid as she is get elected to Congress. It's truly unbelievable
Y'all seriously think this is newsworthy?
Not news. Do better.
And this front page news?
Can you say 'Should not be in office'.......
At least there is finally someone who admits mistakes and corrects them. A task that would take our President the next 2 years to do.
Seriously ? This deserves an article ?
How many tweets have WaPo had to delete in its career? So where's the story? Try reporting REAL news! AOC
Haha man she cant catch a break. Mistakes crazy talks. Needs week or two to read up on government n facts
And this deserves an article of its own?
How is this news
How..... how is THIS news?
Why the hell is this in the WaPo? My god you have sunk so low.
Pretty sure the Dems have some older male members -
yes, people make mistakes, so what's your point?
Trump doesn't delete his tweets and they are all mistakes
That’s news? If it is maybe you’d like to interview my dog Brady.....he has more important things to say than that....
She should delete her words saying if the va isnt broke dont fix it.
Watch Out WaP0, you are bringing to sound like you might be doing unbiased reporting. I didn't and won't pay the $1 you want , to read the entire article. So, I don't know if you tied her poor decision of the first tweet to a Fault of The President or not.
Seriously Washington Post?
So you fanboys and girls are going to give her a pass for not knowing one of the most important people in her party? And attack the press like a bunch of Trumptards for reporting it? How about she get off social media for a few hours and do some homework?
😂😂😂
You should delete this tweet for writing something you've mistaken for a story.
don't see the problem... as older dude.. really people..you go after the brown woman.but you have Trump an EFFEN free....pass..wow HYPOCRISY.
Is this what is considered 'hard-hitting journalism' nowadays?
The Dingbat that keeps Dinging...
Vs. the shitfest we get daily from Trump..your really going to this place..my GOD.
Listen and learn. Do your homework. Think before you speak.
Was she referring to his old shriveled up member?
I love when the WaPo readers turn on them for “attacking the home team” 😂
Casroinheels
Oh look Washington Post now the grammer police Not enough news out here Editors bored
Luckily her constituents are as dumb as she is.
Build them up to watch them fall... it’s an age old tradition.
Slow news day huh?
all those old guys look the same to me.
Oh yeah.... she is a rocket scientist.
Congratulations!!! You found a mistake!!!
This is news?
It just exemplifies that her ideology rhetoric is shallow without any thought or research. It shows her lack of depth.
So?
FFS WHO CARES ABOUT A MISTAKE IN A TWEET? MY GOD.
They all look alike, huh? racist
Is there age discrimination going on here?
Who cares
Major oops
Just so I understand, AOC deletes a tweet and one of the nation’s most prestigious newspapers runs an article about it? AOC is a force.
So quick to attack that she attack’s her own party! Lol
I can’t believe a politician tweeted something incorrect
Madame Wonderful, so self-righteous!
BTW, when are you going to jail fir your election finance scams?
this 1 is a Dem but has common sense
warped mind, she gets that from bad education from her parents which is always quick to talk ? 🤪🤪🤪
It's tough out there, these days you can't tell if some 'moderate' Democrats are actually Republicans or not.
Learning curve...I don’t know them all either!
We need people who don't keep secrets. I hope all who keep terrible secrets end up having to be truthful very very soon! If you don't, your games are all already exposed! Hell without grace will be because you refused to give truth and Justice when you still had the chance.
Man hate on the brain?
Why do you even report this?
The woman is a buffoon, I can see that and I’m not even allowed to vote in the US although she is, apparently, working on allowing me too 😂😂😂😂👌
This isn't even funny anymore. It's just sad and pathetic. It really highlights the pathetic state of American media.
How and why is this a headline or a story even
Right now, , Weinstein is the greatest Hollywood manager. WikiLeaks can investigate Russia Gateway better than Robert Muller. But the Republicans are fighting against WikiLeaks and Harvey. Republicans have forgotten that war is not only victories, but losses too!
Eeeww huge news, she’s human and made a fucking mistake! Great headline! Try real news, there’s plenty!!
BFD...
Seriously WaPo?
Hahahaha...She's a moron.
Good job, AOC Someone else on twitter never admits mistakes. Hmmm...who is that?
No fan of AOC, but i'm the first to admit that all of us old white guys kinda look alike.
Idiot
How is this a legit article?
Oh so what!
Really deleting a tweet needs an article?
Anything else? Did she sneeze or call her grandmother today?
She corrected a mistake quickly? Th e horror!
Whoa! Whats next? Is she gonna wear a tan pant suit?
Yall really needed a whole story about this? With so much going on in the world 😐
Easily done
Weed has she got anything right she has not a clue what's going on
Have we gotten to the point where a deleted tweet is news?
'Someone recognized an error and corrected it, rather than doubling down!'
People should chill on calling this bad reporting. Twitter has become an unofficial extension of government communique (if you want something to complain about, complain about that), so when a politician deletes a tweet it is legitimate news. Ignoring it would be irresponsible.
This is a headline Slow news day I suppose. 😶
Covfefe, smocking, heel etc.
cant fix stupid
Oh oh....the expected pushback on AOC begins which will lead to primary challenges as we get closer.
A male member is sometimes referred to a penis, dick, etc.
I guess I can't be the only person antagonized by this news; okay, she made a mistake, calm down.
WaPo editors Go back to journalism school. Learn what news is. Clearly you’ve forgotten. If you’ve altered your rag to gossip, then ok fine......but label it thusly.
This just contributes to the idea that politicians can't make mistakes. The result is politicians that either cover them up or pretend they don't make any. Both bad.
And.....
“Female politician in ‘makes a mistake’ SHOCKER!!! Full colour spread and in-depth coverage pages 1 - 90!!!’ In other news: Trump nukes Israel by accident. Also please pay for a subscription, $100 a month for more quality scoops like these.”
And this is newsworthy?
Something wrong with that expression now?
Nobody said AOC was smart.....
“News” Cancelling my subscription. Too many useless pieces recently
Yet another of AOC public & nearly daily faux pas'
Until there is an 'edit' options a lot of people will need to delete tweets when we make a typo or make mistakes... what is so news worthy about this?
The has gotten so mediocre with its news. They are now reading like TMZ. Get your professionalism together. What a disgrace. AOC
Ocasio ?
When will tRump delete his f**ked up tweets?
If this is all the news you got, then we have a problem.
Boy, she is stupid
Hard hitting stuff, guys. Wow.
Lol this one?
And? She is more worried about representing her constituents and helping working people then she is about getting into corporate pockets. I would rather have someone like this, who makes a mistake, than the usual greedy bastards.
She’s a twit.
stupid
So
Slow news day?
It says more about the red-state Dem than it does AOC that he is easily misidentified as GOP. truth
Bfd
Well if Twitter would just let people edit things
😂😂😂
Breaking news?
Trump deletes all the time so does hannity .. who cares
🤣🤣🤣
Human error.. Shit happens!
She’s a racist. Plain and simple. Imagine reversing anything she says.
Ain’t sh*t happening at WaPo today.
Gotta know your facts.
Guess there is no news today
and in other breaking news water is officially wet!!OMG a human made a mistake and corrected it..wow the drama is overwhelming
Find something else to do besides act like a tabloid.
aww, look at the liberals getting all pissed off because news calls AOC on her BS. Yet, when they do it to Trump, it's just fine, right?
With everything going on on the world I'm so fucking glad you've informed us about a mistaken tweet, what would we do with you ?
This was worth making a headline about
Why is this news?
Seriously, who cares? Besides Hannity, of course, who now has his opener tonight.
So? Stop it. You are embarrassing yourselves.
Also...it was hilarious
So
holy shit who cares
So? This is news?
Why the fuck is this newsworthy? JHC.
Donald Trump locks kids in cages.
brianstelter ReliableSources Wondering if you are going to do a whole show on this? 🤔
Wow, thanks for sticking to the issues that matter, WaPo 🙄
What about Joe Manchin?
everyone in these replies saying “so?” still makes covfefe jokes.
Yes and 45 is a criminal and the GOP are openly flouting the rule of law and gunning for authoritarianism. Stay focused!!
Q: Why is this a news worthy story? Hint: it’s not
That's what happens when a waterhead tries to speak her mind without someone in the back coaching her on what to say or do
Why is this news?
why is this news?
Great, hard-hitting, unbiased journalism here.
A freshman House member deleted an erroneous tweet? This is news? Try harder. Seriously.
RIght, she made a mistake and then corrected it. As apposed to Donald Trump who'll just double down
News?
Oh well. Who cares. If that’s the only way she screws up. That would be great compared to the buffoons we have in there now.
Oops
Every single conservative politician and talking head after AOC makes her initial online mistake
This is news? Pathetic. Do better.
Dont forget krassenstein jumping in with a comment lol.
So?
Did she apologise for her mistake? Nope. She deleted and whined.
Wow. That’s news?
She’s Human Too Geez !!
Why is this worth a news story? You are not helping ANYTHING by furthering this divisive bullshit.
He might as well be
So?
so what?
Turning off all male dems isn’t the way, I promise you
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