It's time for President Trump to step down from the Twitter throne.
Trump can easily dominate an entire day's discussions with a tap of the tweet button, and he rarely limits himself to just one post. Yet it turns out that his absurd Twitter frequency actually falls short of political newcomer Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.), BuzzFeed News reports in an analysis of the freshman congressmember's social media.
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(BuzzFeed News)
Like Trump, Ocasio-Cortez also makes sure to spread her Twitter influence across platforms. Trump's tweets are often transposed onto quote cards with his photo before they're posted on Instagram, but Ocasio-Cortez sticks to simple screenshots. One Instagram of an @AOC tweet ended up being her third-most liked post of all time, BuzzFeed News notes.
Ocasio-Cortez has also turned into a social media phenomenon across conservative media, though likely not for the most AOC-friendly reasons. Get a thorough breakdown at BuzzFeed News.
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