In a tweet on Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., accused a fellow Democrat of being creepy in a picture posted by the Republican Party of Kentucky.
The Kentucky GOP posted a picture of a male lawmaker next to a cardboard cutout of Ocasio-Cortez. The democratic socialist tweeted a meme about the GOP’s tweet: “Nobody: [silence] GOP: Let’s pose our older male members next to cardboard cutouts of young female legislators.”
The lawmaker in question, however, is not a Republican, but a Democrat. The man in the picture is Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., who is the chairman of the House Budget Committee.
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The freshman Democrat was quickly called out by people on Twitter:
That’s John Yarmuth. He’s your own party’s budget chair. https://t.co/IRs8jX0TR7
— Nate Madden (@NateOnTheHill) April 25, 2019
The old white guy in that picture isn’t a Republican. He’s John Yarmouth, one of your Democrat congressional colleagues. https://t.co/uc0mMxe9IG
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) April 25, 2019
That’s actually the Kentucky delegation’s sole Democrat @RepJohnYarmuth — who was at the Democratic gubernatorial primary debate last night. https://t.co/5YXdQVeE2O
— lesley clark (@lesleyclark) April 25, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez has since deleted the tweet.
