discussion into those moments. she doesn t feel like she s being managed. she just comes across as herself. you know, i think it s so important that we humanize our government. it really kind of opens up the window to show that anyone can serve. her use of social media feels more like the future than most of what people have paid consultants lots of money to help create for themselves. with the spotlight on aoc, conservatives continue to take aim. some attacks got personal. there s criticism pouring in over a tweet eddie scary, a writer for the right-wing washington examiner, posted a photo of ocasio-cortez from behind with the caption, i ll tell you something that jacket and coat don t look like a girl who struggles. after we elected incredibly diverse congress in the house and the amount of women that elected, oh, you know what, maybe we are in a post-sexist america. and we re finding out very, very quickly that that is not true.
over 100 amazing women, very diverse. there s a sense we may be in this post-sexist america. sadly, i fear that is not true. it s just not true. this is what you ll start seeing especially now that you have so many diverse voices that s going to be going into the house. i want to ask you about the stupidity part of this story, no offense. but there is expert i have a ph.d. in my own stupidity. please go ahead. i saw this last night and a female political reporter tweeted it. there was something visceral about a woman seeing a male reporter from the right tweeting about her clothes and how much they cost. staffers are taking pictures of you like and sending them it s creepy. it s stalkerish. but let me ask you about whether the political press and the men in the political press specifically, are going to have to re-educate themselves about covering women without commenting on their clothes. without commenting on their looks or commenting on their connections with oth
your appearance is one of the taxes that falls on women who are in any sort of public role. then there s also this weird fixation that the right has on alexandria ocasio-cortez. there is something about her that they find, i think, profoundly threatening because she is such a charismatic kind of messenger for progressivism. and there is really no analogue on the right. who, charlie kirk? like why is she such a target? she s powerful. has a following. she s created this movement for herself. in her instagram, social media. she tweets something and it goes viral. like wildfire. you know, there was after president obama was elected in 2008, there was this idea we were post-racial america. and it was totally not true. it was completely opposite. and i think now we have elected over 100 amazing women, very diverse. there s a sense we may be in this post-sexist america.