AOC Uses Her 60 Second Appearance At DNC To Second Nomination of Bernie Sanders For POTUS, And Then BLASTS NBC.

Holy crap. Did y’all see this?

.@AOC nominates Senator Bernie Sanders for president of the United States ‘out of the love for all people’ https://t.co/8mtXh0wSov pic.twitter.com/GYNpaqy4RQ

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 19, 2020

If you watched that and wondered why AOC didn’t mention Joe Biden at the convention at which he is being nominated as the Democrat nominee, and instead endorsed Bernie Sanders, then you certainly aren’t alone. NBC explained it like this.

Editor’s note and clarification (2/2):

Ocasio-Cortez was asked by the DNC to second Sanders’ nomination. The nomination is a procedural requirement of the convention.

Ocasio-Cortez has previously endorsed Biden, & her speech was similar in length to other nominating speeches.

— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 19, 2020

AOC IS PISSED, you guys. Now that she’s been a “victim” of how completely craptacular the mainstream media is, she’s all, “THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.”

This is completely unacceptable, disappointing, and appalling.

The DNC shared the procedural purpose of my remarks to media WELL in advance. @NBC knew what was going to happen & that it was routine.

How does a headline that malicious & misleading happen w/ that prior knowledge?

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 19, 2020

You waited several hours to correct your obvious and blatantly misleading tweet.

It sparked an enormous amount of hatred and vitriol, & now the misinfo you created is circulating on other networks.

All to generate hate-clicks from a pre-recorded, routine procedural motion. https://t.co/crDlEymgMD

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 19, 2020

So @NBCNews how are you going to fix the incredible amount of damage and misinformation that you are now responsible for?

Because a 1:15am tweet to slip under the radar after blowing up a totally false and divisive narrative across networks isn’t it. https://t.co/zf6Wqiotvv

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 19, 2020

I cannot stop laughing at this.

And you know what? This is partly on her. I mean, yes, of COURSE NBC sucks. We know this. BUT, given our entire nation’s propensity these days to glom onto even the tiniest bit of suspected controversy, this whole thing could have been easily avoided if she’d simply included in her remarks, “As convention rules require, I am seconding the nomination for Bernard Sanders for POTUS.” Blammo. Done. Controversy avoided.

But NOPE. AOC wanted to blather on about whatever she blathered on about.

I AM LOVING THIS.