Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Twitter blunder prompts GOP backlash
Conservatives shared screenshots of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's now-deleted tweet
Freshman New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez deleted a tweet Thursday after she attempted to troll "older male" Republicans for posing next to a cardboard cutout of her.
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Only problem: the member of Congress posing with the "AOC" cutout is House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth, a senior Democrat who represents Louisville, Kentucky and has served in Congress since 2007.
Naturally, the internet doesn’t forget, and Ocasio-Cortez is hearing it from conservatives, who are gleefully spreading screengrabs of the tweet.
![PHOTO: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez listens during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on April 10, 2019 in Washington, D.C.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/aoc-hearing-gty-ps-190425_hpMain.jpg)
The photo of Yarmuth and the "AOC" cutout appears to be from Wednesday, based on another tweet Yarmuth posted at an event in Kentucky where he’s wearing the same attire.
A spokesman for Ocasio-Cortez declined to comment while another for Yarmuth did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ocasio-Cortez shot to stardom after defeating incumbent Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in a New York primary last summer. At 29, she was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress in U.S. history.