Conservatives post video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dancing in college, baffling everyone

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dances in college
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In what was apparently an attempt to embarrass Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) a day before she was sworn in as one of the youngest-ever members of Congress, conservative Twitter shared a video Wednesday showing AOC ... dancing in college? "Here is America's favorite commie know-it-all acting like the clueless nitwit she is," tweeted "AnonymousQ."

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The tweet went viral, as they say, but nobody outside of the conservative Twittersphere seemed sure why the video was supposed to be anything but endearing. The clip is essentially a 30-second highlight reel of AOC's dance moves in a longer Boston University video homage to The Breakfast Club — Ocasio-Cortez was Ally Sheedy's character — set to a different soundtrack. You can watch the higher-quality original, with Ocasio-Cortez and friends dancing to the band Phoenix's "Lisztomania," below.

Ocasio-Cortez, who apparently went by Sandy in college, graduated from Boston University in 2011 with a degree in economics and international relations.

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