{"id":14373,"date":"2025-10-05T21:57:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T21:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=14373"},"modified":"2025-10-05T21:57:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T21:57:34","slug":"ocasio-cortez-keeps-busy-during-shutdown-with-bizarre-new-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=14373","title":{"rendered":"Ocasio-Cortez Keeps Busy During Shutdown With Bizarre New Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"144\"><strong data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"142\">AOC Steps In During Shutdown, Critics Call It a \u2018Performance\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"463\">When the federal government shut down this week, hundreds were affected\u2014including a group of eighth graders from Zeta Charter Schools in the Bronx who had their Capitol tour canceled due to furloughed staff. But New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a self-styled champion of the people, stepped in to fill the gap.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"465\" data-end=\"795\">The congresswoman, already scheduled to greet the students, turned their canceled visit into a personal guided tour\u2014complete with cameras rolling. Chaperones praised the experience, calling it even better than expected. \u201cIt turned very, very quickly into, actually, a much better experience,\u201d said Dan Rojas, the school\u2019s manager.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"797\" data-end=\"1146\">Ocasio-Cortez led the group through lesser-known areas of the Capitol, including a women-only reading room, while delivering impromptu lessons about her background and the struggles faced by women in government. She highlighted trailblazers like Shirley Chisholm and Patsy Mink, using each stop to tie historical lessons into modern-day empowerment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1428\">Some students admitted they weren\u2019t familiar with her before the visit but walked away impressed. \u201cIt was like seeing America change live,\u201d said 13-year-old Jordan Allen. AOC\u2019s spokesperson said the congresswoman simply wanted the students to feel welcome in \u201cthe people\u2019s house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1430\" data-end=\"1715\">But while many of the students left feeling inspired, critics viewed the tour as a political stunt. 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