AOC’s clean-up attempt in New York Times interview mocked by critics

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., drew ridicule from each side of the aisle after New York Occasions reporter Kellen Browning posted on X Monday that the congresswoman had known as him to reply to backlash over her feedback on the Munich Safety Convention final weekend.

“AOC got here to Munich to warn concerning the far proper. The reporting centered on 2028 and verbal missteps,” Browning wrote. “She known as me.”

The reporter’s message is linked to his article from Monday about Ocasio-Cortez’s go to to Germany, titled “After First Main Abroad Journey, Ocasio-Cortez Expresses Frustrations,” by which the congressman argued that “Everybody has this story improper.”

After talking on the safety convention final weekend, Ocasio-Cortez was mocked for a number of statements she made about Taiwan and for saying Venezuela was beneath the equator.

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Consultant Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., prepares to talk at a rally for the inclusion of immigration provisions within the Construct Again Higher Act exterior the U.S. Capitol on December 7, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/Getty Photos)

“Everyone seems to be improper that that is about me operating for president,” she advised the Occasions. “I might give a rattling about it, to be trustworthy.”

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“NYTs reporter goes out of his approach to clarify AOC’s horrible efficiency,” wrote Bonchie, a RedState contributor. “However in case you go to Munich for a worldwide safety convention, you may in all probability count on to be requested questions on world safety points.”

Division of Schooling senior adviser Noah Pollak attacked Ocasio-Cortez for “talking in silly slogans at the same time as she tries to scrub up the mess she made by talking in silly slogans.”

Journalist Paul D. Thacker denounced Browning’s submit, describing his article within the Occasions as a “rehab story” to make the congressman “look higher.”

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“A person named Kellen is operating a PR marketing campaign for AOC’s presidential technique whereas claiming to be a reporter,” wrote Richard Grenell, president of the Kennedy Heart. “Professional tip, Kellen: If you use the time period far-right, AOC is far-left.”

OutKick author Ian Miller joked that it was “fairly wonderful” that Ocasio-Cortez “realized that her efficiency in Munich was such an incompetent catastrophe that she known as in a pleasant left-wing media outlet to do injury management.”

Ocasio-Cortez’s workplace didn’t instantly return Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.

Conservatives weren’t the one ones to denounce Browning’s submit, with former CNN journalist Chris Cilliza responding: “Clear up aisle AOC.”

Former Democratic advisor Dan Turrentine mentioned it was a “horrible thought” for Ocasio-Cortez to contact Browning in an try to clean over the response she has acquired.

“It is now attending to the purpose the place the type of cover-up is worse than the unique crime,” he argued Podcast “The Huddle” Tuesday. “Begin with who she known as. She known as The New York Occasions, proper? We talked about her model being social media savvy. She’s younger, she’s consistently on-line, giving and taking and simply being within the sport, and subsequent to Gavin Newsom, it is the one folks mentioned… makes this contemporary world higher than anybody.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., talks to reporters exterior the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 11, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Photos)

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“To say that it is really unfair for folks to take clips and ship them round in brief snippets like ‘Duh!’ Prefer it’s pathetic and embarrassing for her to make these type of whiny arguments… in case you’re a calling card, that is such as you’re type of the social media occasion queen,” Turrentine continued. “So I do not perceive what she was doing.”

Turrentine published a Substack post additionally about Ocasio-Cortez operating for the Occasions. He mentioned the transfer was “outrageous, unlikely to achieve key allies, and speaking towards the wind to people who find themselves already skeptical of her.”

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Peter Savodnik of the Free Press mentioned: ‘That is shameful. Is The Occasions the driving drive behind AOC?’

Nationwide Evaluation editor Luther R. Abel wrote in response to Browning’s submit that AOC known as the reporter as a result of she thinks “you might be her PR agency.”

The New York Occasions didn’t instantly return Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.

Journalist Rachael Bade mentioned Ocasio-Cortez’s “NYT callout” “appeared fairly whiny and solely gave her critics extra fodder.”

A few of her fellow Democratic allies got here to the congresswoman’s protection, together with Gov. JB Pritzker, who responded to Browning’s submit in protection of Ocasio-Cortez.

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“AOC warned that democracy is beneath assault. She’s proper. Treating that as partisan politics is an ethical failure,” Pritzker wrote.