--- title: Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Comment Becomes a Viral Meme description: A man tweeted his observation about Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's clothing and the internet has mocked him mercilessly with memes for it. canonical: https://time.com/5456871/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-16T14:10:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:05.039Z og:title: Internet Mocks Guy's Comment About a Congresswoman-Elect's Clothes og:description: It's turning into a very fun meme og:url: https://time.com/5456871/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1939b799ebceabf8/69893f47096a94119a6a3f4c/alexandriaocasiocortez.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic Congressional Candidate In New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Attends Election Night Party og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Mocks Guy's Comment About a Congresswoman-Elect's Clothes twitter:description: It's turning into a very fun meme twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1939b799ebceabf8/69893f47096a94119a6a3f4c/alexandriaocasiocortez.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Silences Guy Who Commented on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Clothing With Very Fun Memes by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 16, 2018 2:10 PM UTC  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses the crowd gathered at La Boom night club in Queens on November 6, 2018 in New York City. With her win against Republican Anthony Pappas, Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman elected to Congress. (Photo by Rick Loomis/Getty Images) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses the crowd gathered at La Boom night club in Queens on November 6, 2018 in New York City. With her win against Republican Anthony Pappas, Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman elected to Congress. (Photo by Rick Loomis/Getty Images)Rick Loomis—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 16, 2018 2:10 PM UTC A tweet about a congresswoman-elect’s clothing is getting mercilessly mocked on the internet. On Thursday, _Washington Examiner_ politics and media writer Eddie Scarry tweeted a snapshot of [newly elected](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/16/eddie-scarry-tweet-about-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-clothing-is-latest-critique-about-class/?hpid=hp%5Frhp-moretopstories2%5Focasio-cortez-220am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans) Democratic Rep. of New York [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez](http://time.com/money/5323399/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-career/), near Capitol Hill on Thursday. “Hill staffer sent me this pic of [Ocasio-Cortez](http://time.com/5453510/ocasio-cortez-climate-change-activists-pelosi/) they took just now. I’ll tell you something: that jacket and coat don’t look like a girl who struggle,” read the tweet that has since been deleted. Whatever his intentions were with the remark, it appeared to some that he was weighing in on Ocasio-Cortez’ recent comments about not being able to afford to rent for an apartment in Washington, D.C. until her job officially begins in the new year. The incoming congresswoman’s finances became a topic of discussion after she [discussed](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-congress-washington.html) them with The New York _Times._ > [](https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/1060942327664046080) > [](https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/1060588813582585858) As might be expected, Scarry’s comment was met with plenty of criticism online, as people endeavored to shut him down, getting him ratio’d. > [](https://twitter.com/JessicaHuseman/status/1063191207948488704) > [](https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/1063193368736391168) Addressing the backlash, Scarry later tweeted that he only meant to say that she looked “well put together,” but it was misinterpreted. > [](https://twitter.com/eScarry/status/1063230377073041409) Ocasio-Cortez also responded, saying “If I walk in with my best sale-rack clothes, they laugh & take a picture of my backside. Dark hates light – that’s why you tune it out.” > [](https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/1063208373192146945) The original observation was recast in the form of light memes as people used his comment to caption some hilarious wintry getups. You better believe that noted wearers of coats beloved by the internet like _Fantastic Beasts_ actor Ezra Miller, _Seinfeld’s_ George Costanza, and Lenny Kravitz made an appearance. Here are some of the lighter takes. > [](https://twitter.com/aidachavez/status/1063193038254682113) > [](https://twitter.com/mariskreizman/status/1063205664560943105) > [](https://twitter.com/Rschooley/status/1063188511589752833) > [](https://twitter.com/KateKnibbs/status/1063192159883542528) > [](https://twitter.com/jesshopp/status/1063209555147046912) > [](https://twitter.com/SantaInc/status/1063208656953458688) > [](https://twitter.com/davidehrlich/status/1063196838629642240) Even a notorious New York City duck was in the mix. > [](https://twitter.com/juliamoserrrr/status/1063195906575613953) Puffy jackets are an internet favorite. Most recently, Kendall Jenner’s Super Puff jacket spawned a meme. > [](https://twitter.com/J4CKMULL/status/1055164998803173376) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5456871/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5456871/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-memes/"},"headline":"The Internet Silences Guy Who Commented on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Clothing With Very Fun Memes","datePublished":"2018-11-16T14:10:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:05.039Z","description":"A man tweeted his observation about Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's clothing and the internet has mocked him mercilessly with memes for it.","url":"https://time.com/5456871/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1939b799ebceabf8/69893f47096a94119a6a3f4c/alexandriaocasiocortez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1939b799ebceabf8/69893f47096a94119a6a3f4c/alexandriaocasiocortez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Congressional Candidate In New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Attends Election Night Party","caption":"Democratic Congressional Candidate In New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Attends Election Night Party","creditText":"Rick Loomis—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5456871/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-memes/","name":"The Internet Silences Guy Who Commented on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Clothing With Very Fun Memes"}}]}] ```