Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has melted the hearts of her followers by sharing a video from an aquarium with the caption “A new day, a new friend”. In the clip, the 29-year-old politician, who is in her element in the political shark tank in Washington, is seen enjoying herself as she plays with a penguin. For 20 seconds, she runs back and forth in front of the tank, popping up and down, while her new friend chases after the congresswoman.
The clip, which has been viewed over 4 million times, has received more than 250k likes and thousands of retweets. This also triggered a storm in the comments.
Batman references followed – however, AOC was given the role of a DC villain.
Others used it as an opportunity to tear into the Democrat and her agenda.
But not everyone seemed to cheer, as one commenter noted that the animal belongs to Mother Nature.