{"id":2570783,"date":"2026-02-17T16:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-chides-ocasio-cortez-for-embarrassing-taiwan-moment\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:29:36","slug":"vance-chides-ocasio-cortez-for-embarrassing-taiwan-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-chides-ocasio-cortez-for-embarrassing-taiwan-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance chides Ocasio-Cortez for &#8217;embarrassing&#8217; Taiwan moment"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fvance-chides-ocasio-cortez-for-embarrassing-taiwan-moment%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=2570783&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>Teh article reports that JD Vance criticized Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after her comments about U.S. support for Taiwan during the Munich Security Conference, calling her performance \u201cembarrassing\u201d and \u201cthe most uncomfortable 20 seconds of television\u201d he\u2019d seen. He urged her to \u201cgo read a book\u201d about china before speaking on the world stage again, arguing the clip aired by Fox News did not show her full response and suggesting she lacks thoughtful views on the global order. Ocasio-Cortez had been asked about America\u2019s commitment to defend taiwan; she defended longstanding U.S.policy aimed at avoiding a confrontation and stressed efforts to align economic and global positions to prevent such a scenario.The piece also includes a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jean-pierre-blasted-for-claiming-reopening-schools-was-a-priority-for-biden\/\" title=\"Criticism for Jean-Pierre&#039;s Statement on Biden&#039;s Priority to Reopen Schools\">recommended stories<\/a> and a paywall section.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;Embarrassing&rsquo;: Vance tells AOC to &lsquo;read a book&rsquo; about China before going out on global stage<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2449167\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4431803\/inside-story-jd-vance-trump-tiktok-deal\/\">JD Vance<\/a> suggested that Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) &ldquo;go read a book&rdquo; after stumbling through an answer over the weekend regarding U.S. support for Taiwan in the event of an invasion from mainland <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\">China<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vance said during a Fox News interview on Tuesday that Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s performance at the Munich Security Conference was &ldquo;embarrassing&rdquo; and &ldquo;the most uncomfortable 20 seconds of television&rdquo; he&rsquo;d ever seen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4460710\/trump-endorses-texas-republicans-leaves-out-dan-crenshaw\/\">Trump endorses Texas Republicans but leaves out Dan Crenshaw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4460746\/whoopi-goldberg-responds-epstein-denies-any-connection\/\">Whoopi Goldberg responds to Epstein documents, denies any personal connection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4460643\/gloves-nancy-guthrie-home-no-dna-matches\/\">Gloves found near Guthrie home produce no DNA matches as investigators analyze more evidence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Look, that was embarrassing. If I had given that answer, I would say, &lsquo;You know what, maybe I go read a book about China and Taiwan before I go out on the world stage again,&#8217;&rdquo; he told host Martha MacCallum. &ldquo;I hope that congresswoman Cortez has the same humility, but I&rsquo;m skeptical.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez, along with a larger group of American lawmakers, was asked during a panel at the Munich confab about America&rsquo;s commitment to defending Taiwan in the event of an invasion by communist China.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is, of course, a very long-standing policy of the United States, and I think what we are hoping for is that we want to make sure that we never get to that point,&rdquo; she stated, following a lengthy pause. &ldquo;We want to make sure that we are moving in all of our economic research and our global positions to avoid any such confrontation and for that question to even arise.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4460058\/trump-dc-potomac-river-sewage-spill-cleanup\/\"><strong>TRUMP FLOATS FEDERAL TAKEOVER OF POTOMAC RIVER SEWAGE CLEANUP, IF ASKED &lsquo;POLITELY&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-puts-3-2b-towards-stemming-migration\/\" title=\"White House puts .2B towards stemming migration\">vice president claimed<\/a> the clip, which Fox News aired without showing the congresswoman&rsquo;s actual response, illustrated &ldquo;a person who doesn&rsquo;t know what she actually thinks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen this way too much in Washington with politicians, where they are given lines. And when you ask them to go outside the lines they were given, they completely fall apart,&rdquo; said Vance. &ldquo;Does anyone really believe that AOC has very thoughtful ideas about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbcs-velshi-urges-direct-military-involvement-from-nato-to-stop-russia-what-is-the-point-of-these-alliances-if-not-to-stop-this\/\" title=\"MSNBC&#039;s Velshi Urges &#039;Direct Military Involvement&#039; from NATO to Stop Russia -- &#039;What Is the Point of These Alliances if Not to Stop This?&#039;\">global world order<\/a> or about what the United States should do with our policy in Asia or our policy in Europe?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance: AOC should study China before speaking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2570784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-collage-722d4ndyz-1771362300517.jpg?1771344815&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[8334,50410,5894,9105,15469],"class_list":["post-2570783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-aoc","tag-controversy-2","tag-politics","tag-taiwan","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-collage-722d4ndyz-1771362300517.jpg?1771344815&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570783"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570787,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570783\/revisions\/2570787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}