America’s youngest-ever congresswoman has received a wave of online support after critics attempted to mock her with a video of her dancing on a rooftop as a student.
The clip of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was widely circulated on Twitter before she was sworn in yesterday.
One critic sharing the old video from 2010 on Twitter had written: "Here is America's favourite commie know-it-all acting like the clueless nitwit she is."
Another wrote: "After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is forced out of office after one term she can go dance on a stage that has a pole."
She responded to her online critics by posting a video showing her dancing into her new office to the song War by Edwin Starr.
In her tweet, she added: "I hear the GOP thinks women dancing are scandalous. Wait till they find out congresswomen dance too.
I hear the GOP thinks women dancing are scandalous.
Wait till they find out Congresswomen dance too! 💃ðŸ½
Have a great weekend everyone :) pic.twitter.com/9y6ALOw4F6
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 4, 2019
The full "Brat Pack Mashup" video, which was filmed at Boston University and includes several other students dancing, was first uploaded to YouTube in more than eight years ago and showed participants imitating scenes from famous 1980s films.
The 29-year-old Democrat graduated from the university in 2011 after studying economics and international relations.
At the time of the video's release, Boston University wrote on their website: "Using the European band Phoenix's Lisztomania, the students created what they call the BU 'Lisztomania' Brat Pack Mashup – an homage to the original, which first aired on YouTube last year.
"The mashup, a remix of song and video clips, was an instant sensation and has been replicated worldwide."
Actor Russell Crowe was among those to back the politician after the footage resurfaced, saying he thought she was "fantastic."
