Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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What’s tempting enough to get a polarizing congresswoman to open their direct Twitter messages for the first time in years? Animal Crossing: Naturally new horizons.
On Thursday evening, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted about her newly discovered joy in the game she had days ago and asked if she could visit other people’s islands to “leave a note or scribble on their bulletin boards”.
Why yes, yes you can AOC!
Hi! Very new in this area.
I want to visit random islands and leave a scribble or note on their notice board.
Can i do that? If so, how?
Should I open my DMs for the Dodo codes for the first time since the Zuckerberg hearing? https://t.co/pQlm0ES1cM
– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 7, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez said she would open her Twitter direct messages for the first time since Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing last October to get the codes needed to complete her mission.
As you expected, this was the reason for the excitement among AOC’s 6.8 million followers. Screenwriter Gary Whitta proposed to Congressmen to come to the talk show set he created on his island for an interview that would be one of the more surreal events in 2020 – the most surreal of all years.
Ocasio-Cortez opened her Twitter DMs for exactly four minutes, tired of a possible flood of abuse by strangers. But the results were surprisingly heartwarming:
Honestly, I would never have thought in my life that opening my DMs would give me confidence in humanity, but the short window actually made many of these messages very healthy ?
People ask for surprise visits to their spouse’s islands !! This is the love everyone deserves ?
– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 7, 2020
Update 2: First home visit (understood? ?) in the books!
It was so cute. The island belonged to a family of three. We exchanged fruit, took photos and I signed a note on my touchscreen.
I was impressed with how quickly they typed and they taught me the app. ? pic.twitter.com/KJsI6Gjh9p
– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 7, 2020
At 30, Ocasio-Cortez took office at the age of 29, the youngest woman to serve in Congress. It is unusual among politicians because, as they say, it is with “it”. She makes herself popular with her millions of fans with regular Instagram live vapors and Twitter sayings. Last year she did led a workshop to help her fellow Democrats Understand social media.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons was an unexpected success for Nintendo. It is sold over 13 million copies a big leap over previous franchise titles since the March 20 release date.