After Trip to Germany, Ocasio-Cortez Says Coverage Missed Her Message

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used a visit to the Munich Security Conference to press the argument that wealthy world leaders must better provide for their working classes or risk countries sliding toward authoritarianism, calling the conference "an elite place of decision makers that, frankly, are not responsive to a class-based message." It was her most prominent foreign trip to date and she framed it as an effort to "sound the alarm bells" about runaway inequality.

Much of the attention, she said, instead focused on on-camera stumbles and speculation about a possible 2028 presidential run. The most noted moment came when she paused for roughly 20 seconds before answering a question about whether the United States should send troops to aid Taiwan if China invaded; critics also highlighted comments about the "Trans-Pacific Partnership" (she clarified she meant Atlantic) and a mistaken reference to Venezuela's location.

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