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Bulwark Takes

Don’t Apologize, AOC—You Were Right!

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News, Politics

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Tim Miller takes on AOC and Ruben Gallego’s takedowns of MAGA’s macho posturing, explaining why ridicule can hit harder than outrage.

Transcript

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0:21.6

AOC went ham on Stephen Miller on her Instagram live story.

0:26.6

And it's got some of the MAGA social media boys all in a titter.

0:33.6

They're in a titter on Twitter.

0:34.6

Their little feelings are hurt.

0:36.6

They're like, AOC has been mean to Stephen Miller. They're outraged. They're pretending to be outraged while crying. It's like, you know, the meme with the angry mask covering up the crying face. That is the MAGA social media boys. Just find aOC. And I think that's a good sign.

0:55.3

It's a good sign that you're on to something politically when you're triggering the other

1:00.5

side to that degree and when your message is strong and correct.

1:05.1

And so I want to break down this AOC Instagram live and talk about why I find it encouraging. I like where she's headed

1:14.1

with it. I've got a little note about what happens at the end, you know, about sometimes the shackles

1:20.2

that the left puts on themselves. But let's just watch AOC rip together. And then I'll be with you on the other side.

1:28.3

This is about insecure masculinity.

1:31.3

And one of the best ways that you can dismantle a movement of insecure men is by making fun of them.

1:39.3

By having secure men who aren't afraid of successful people around them who are good dads.

1:50.1

There we go.

1:51.5

There we go.

1:52.7

That's not building these guys up.

1:54.1

Too often on the left sometimes you hear, I'm talking about big scary Donald Trump.

1:58.2

And it actually kind of helps him.

2:00.6

Like you think that

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