AOC accused of hypocrisy after attacking JD Vance for 'manspreading'

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was slammed for her apparent hypocrisy after putting JD Vance on blast for 'manspreading' - then quickly being caught in the same sitting position. The New York congresswoman reacted with distaste to a clip of Vance sitting comfortably in a cushy, wide chair - with his legs spread in a relaxed manner. 'Why are you sitting like that,' she wrote on Tuesday, in an apparent jab at Vance's spread eagle stance.

But AOC's mockery was deconstructed within minutes. Clown World, an account on X known for criticizing liberals, took a screenshot of AOC's post and placed it side-by-side with her own wide sitting posture from less than two years ago. 'AOC,' the account wrote over her criticism of Vance. 'Also AOC,' the labeled the image of her wide stance.

Many other people replied with the same image of AOC's wide sitting stance. Another user posted a picture of AOC sitting at a table at a restaurant with her boyfriend Riley Roberts, who was sitting with his legs crossed. 'Why is he sitting like that,' the user asked.

Vance, former President Donald Trump's running mate, had been skewered by other liberal accounts on X for how he was sitting during his appearance on the Full Send Podcast last Friday. But with her enormous following, AOC brought new attention to the clip and now, some internet backlash for doing the same thing.

The photograph of AOC sitting on stage comes from a campaign event she held in October 2022 ahead of the contentious midterms - a contest where the Republicans captured a majority in the House of Representatives and the Democrats maintained control of the Senate. The event was being held in a small auditorium in her district and several protestors were recorded by X user Danny De Urbina chanting 'AOC has got to go.' One man was banging a drum to punctuate the shouts from his allies.

The camera then pans back to AOC who was sitting on stage with her legs spread and dancing to the drum beat, trying to appear unbothered by the interruption. One woman could also be heard repeatedly calling AOC a 'sellout.'

A spokesperson for the liberal congresswoman provided a statement to Newsweek following the event calling the people shouting her down disruptors that were 'part of a far-right wing group that regularly protests at vaccine clinics, against LGBTQ rights, etc.' 'They were not constituents,' the spokesperson added. 'We do thank the numerous constituents from Astoria who turned out last night to engage in the civic process. We're grateful that we were still able to have a meaningful dialogue, in spite of that group of outsiders.' Vance also has a history of attacking AOC.

Back when he was running for his Ohio Senate seat in 2021, he spoke to a Catholic group about her 'sociopathic' attitude toward families and children, the Guardian reported. 'Maybe AOC hasn't found the right person, whatever the case may be. AOC has said basically – if you look at her public remarks on this – that it's immoral to have children because of climate change concerns. Right? This is, let's just be direct, a sociopathic attitude towards family,' Vance said.

AOC did in fact question the ethics of having kids in a world that's being affected by climate change back shortly after she was elected in 2018. 'Basically, there's a scientific consensus that the lives of children are going to be very difficult. And it does lead, I think, young people to have a legitimate question: Is it okay to still have children?' she said in an Instagram live from March 2019.

Vance's attacks on AOC regarding her views on family was around the time he made his infamous comments about the US being run by 'a bunch of childless cat ladies,' remarks that have resurfaced since his VP appointment. He specifically name-dropped Vice President Kamala Harris, AOC and Pete Buttigieg.

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