{"id":2570683,"date":"2026-02-17T13:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unheard-of-the-videos-of-aoc-in-germany-are-so-bad-that-the-nyt-has-officially-called-her-out\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:31:30","slug":"unheard-of-the-videos-of-aoc-in-germany-are-so-bad-that-the-nyt-has-officially-called-her-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unheard-of-the-videos-of-aoc-in-germany-are-so-bad-that-the-nyt-has-officially-called-her-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Unheard Of: The Videos of AOC in Germany Are So Bad That the NYT Has Officially Called Her Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funheard-of-the-videos-of-aoc-in-germany-are-so-bad-that-the-nyt-has-officially-called-her-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article argues that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s Munich Security Conference appearance was marked by embarrassing, gaffe-prone moments and a stammering, unclear stance on policy issues, which critics portrayed as evidence of imbecility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The New York Times is cited as acknowledging missteps and on-camera stumbles in AOC\u2019s remarks during the Munich trip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Conservatives on social media mocked her performance, highlighting clips in which she appeared uncertain or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >offered word-salad responses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; AOC\u2019s comments on a U.S. commitment to Taiwan and broader \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-mocks-and-attacks-the-united-states-on-u-s-soil-biden-admin-struggles-to-respond\/\" title=\"China Mocks And Attacks The United States On U.S. Soil; Biden Admin Struggles To Respond\">rules-based order<\/a>\u201d issues are described as lacking clarity, with notable examples of 27-second pauses and convoluted phrasing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece contrasts AOC\u2019s perceived lack of substance with Marco Rubio\u2019s more presidential-sounding Munich speech.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It alleges that Democrats will not abandon AOC over Marxist views but may distance themselves if she continues to produce embarrassing public statements; it also criticizes her emphasis on identity politics and calls for a class-based internationalist approach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/broken-seals-draw-malfeasance-accusations-in-milwaukee\/\" title=\"Broken Seals Draw Malfeasance Accusations In Milwaukee\">article references past criticisms<\/a> of Kamala Harris\u2019s performance and implies similar concerns could derail AOC\u2019s chances at leadership or a presidential bid, according to political commentators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; it portrays the NYT\u2019s attempt to frame the incident as damaging while arguing that AOC\u2019s controversial rhetoric remains a sticking point for her political future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party&rsquo;s establishment, exemplified by The New York Times, has learned the lesson of former Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>In short, establishment Democrats will not nominate another moron for the presidency simply because she happens to have darker skin.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, in a rare moment of honesty, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/16\/us\/politics\/aoc-germany-munich-security-conference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> called out the embarrassing &ldquo;missteps&rdquo; and &ldquo;on-camera stumbles&rdquo; of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, whose recent visit to Germany produced a number of clips that conservatives on the social media platform X gleefully circulated as further evidence of the congresswoman&rsquo;s imbecility.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She said she worried that her message &mdash; warning that wealthy world leaders must better provide for their working classes or risk their countries sliding toward authoritarianism &mdash; was being lost in all the commotion,&rdquo; the outlet wrote following a phone interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-smears-charlie-kirk-supporters-house-floor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>, commonly known as AOC.<\/p>\n<p>So why &ldquo;all the commotion&rdquo;?<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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I think that&hellip; this is a, um, this is of course a, uh, a very longstanding, um, policy of the United States,&rdquo; she replied in a clip posted to X. &ldquo;Uh, and I think what we are hoping for is that we want to make sure that we never get to that point.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The entire &ldquo;answer,&rdquo; stammering and all, took an excruciating 27 seconds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; NEW: Fox News hosts just TORCHED AOC for her total meltdown on a simple China\/Taiwan policy question at Munich, she couldn&rsquo;t give a straight answer on committing U.S. troops to defend Taiwan from invasion!<\/p>\n<p>AOC is very dumb.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jw6Z4QIUeo\">pic.twitter.com\/jw6Z4QIUeo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gunther Eagleman&trade; (@GuntherEagleman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuntherEagleman\/status\/2022826820559569157?\">February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Likewise, consider (if you can) the congresswoman&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jasmine-crockett-spirals-word-salad-answer-cornered-reparations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">word-salad<\/a>-filled comments on &ldquo;rules-based order.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are in a new day and in a new time,&rdquo; she insisted in another clip posted to X. &ldquo;But that does not mean that the majority of Americans are ready to walk away from a rules-based order and that we&rsquo;re ready to walk away from our commitment to democracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It got worse.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think what we identify is that in a rules-based order,&rdquo; she continued, &ldquo;hypocrisy is vulnerability, and so I think what we are seeking is a return to a rules-based order that eliminates the hypocrisies around when too often in the West we look the other way for inconvenient populations to act out these paradoxes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WOW &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?\">@AOC<\/a> pulls a Kamala in Munich &hellip; how embarrassing for America when this is the best the Democrat Party has to offer.&#128563;&#128562;<\/p>\n<p>Could someone please decipher what she said, because it&rsquo;s all word-salad to me.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are in a new day and a new time. But that does not mean that a&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6jFqNqGNtf\">pic.twitter.com\/6jFqNqGNtf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; C-Reason&#127482;&#127480; (@CreasonJana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CreasonJana\/status\/2022641263304945684?\">February 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As one would expect, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aocs-wealth-tax-proposal-gets-dismantled-argentinian-lawmaker-munich-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AOC<\/a> spoke most clearly when laying out her commitment to Marxism.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think that anyone &mdash; and that we don&rsquo;t have to wait for any one president &mdash; to impose a wealth tax,&rdquo; she said in another clip posted to X. &ldquo;I think that it needs to be done expeditiously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Commie Cortez humiliated again in Munich. &#129313;<\/p>\n<p>AOC called for a wealth tax in America, to which an Argentinian politician explained the consequences, having lived through wealth taxes in Argentina:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You end up with just the tax and no wealth.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3O46Ejmzn8\">pic.twitter.com\/3O46Ejmzn8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WallStreetMav\/status\/2023525546596937820?\">February 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In another clip on X, AOC denigrated culture as too &ldquo;thin&rdquo; to unify populations. Instead, she touted a &ldquo;class-based internationalist perspective.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; JUST IN: Rep. AOC FUMES after Marco Rubio&rsquo;s pro-West Munich speech gets huge standing ovation<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They want the culture, but it&rsquo;s very thin! [&hellip;] We need class-based internationalism!&rdquo; &#129313;<\/p>\n<p>This after she SELF-DESTRUCTED in a word salad. She&rsquo;s JEALOUS.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1NRmL7Wyax\">pic.twitter.com\/1NRmL7Wyax<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2023120113101140105?\">February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For good measure, the congresswoman also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-aoc-finally-admits-made-whiteness-reason-literally-satanic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">effectively admitted<\/a> that leftists invented &ldquo;whiteness&rdquo; as a catch-all substitute for what they really hate: Western civilization and Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>How badly did AOC embarrass herself?<\/p>\n<p>The entire experience, according to political analyst Mark Halperin, &ldquo;may go down in history as one of the bigger mistakes she&rsquo;s ever made if she wants to be president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s gaffe-ridden appearance at the Munich Security Conference &ldquo;may go down in history as one of the bigger mistakes she&rsquo;s ever made if she wants to be president,&rdquo; says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkHalperin?\">@MarkHalperin<\/a>. &ldquo;It takes a major screw up for the New York Times to put in their story&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DKEEGtbeZD\">pic.twitter.com\/DKEEGtbeZD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 2WAY (@2waytvapp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2waytvapp\/status\/2023614503154295097?\">February 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-5-best-quotes-rubios-blunt-truth-packed-speech-munich-security-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marco Rubio<\/a>, a potential Republican 2028 contender, delivered a speech in Munich that sounded presidential.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times, of course, did what it could to control the damage from AOC&rsquo;s overseas crashout. But the liberal outlet also told the truth about how catastrophic it really was.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats undoubtedly saw enough of this kind of nonsense during Harris&rsquo; failed 2024 presidential campaign. By the end of that campaign, even Democrat insiders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-obama-advisor-david-axelrod-sounds-alarm-kamala-harriss-town-hall-performance-word-salad-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called out<\/a> Harris&rsquo; trademark word salads.<\/p>\n<p>AOC belongs in that same category, for she lacks seriousness. Like many liberal women, she seems to regard her identity alone as a ticket to power. In their view, only a slave to the patriarchy would insist on arcane qualifications such as knowledge or skills.<\/p>\n<p>As they have shown repeatedly, Democrats will not jettison AOC over her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-hate-christianity-kryptonite-marxism-filmmakers-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marxism<\/a>. 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The Times even acknowledged AOC\u2019s on\u2011camera missteps during her Munich trip, highlighting clips conservatives circulated that painted her as lacking substance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article portrays AOC as uncertain and thin on substance in policy questions, for example a 27\u2011second answer about whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan if China invaded, which critics used to label her as indecisive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Social media and commentators mocked her comments on a \u201crules-based order,\u201d viewing them as rambling and unclear, with many clips showing her delivering convoluted lines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece notes that she appeared more coherent when advocating a wealth tax, but still attracted criticism; it also cites clips in which she criticized Western culture as \u201cthin\u201d and promoted a \u201cclass-based internationalist perspective,\u201d which drew further backlash.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Political analysts suggested her Munich performance could become one of her biggest mistakes if she aims for the presidency. In contrast, Marco Rubio\u2019s Munich speech was described as having a more presidential tone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Times reportedly tried to manage the damage while acknowledging how damaging the episode was. 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