Mitch McConnell’s office denounced some of his teenage supporters Tuesday for bad behavior.

Yet reporters, playing along with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, flipped the story. Along the way, the media-AOC conglomerate accused McConnell of dismissing the teens’ actions. The offending youths posed for a photo with a cardboard cutout of Ocasio-Cortez. Two of them pretended to kiss and throttle “her.” All wore “Team Mitch” shirts supporting the Senate Majority Leader.