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The Centuries-Old Practice of "Slaying Lewks"

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🗓️ 5 December 2018

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Present-day derision for Ocasio-Cortez's clothing mirrors turn-of-the-century history.

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0:00.0

This is on the media. I'm Bob Garfield.

0:03.5

Partisan scorn comes in many forms, and Schadenfreude may be the most satisfying.

0:09.4

When Bible-thumping family values reactionary, Judge Roy Moore, gets accused of sexual assault,

0:15.6

the horror tends to be accompanied by a thin smile.

0:20.5

Such satisfaction at the enemy's hypocrisy can be so rich, in fact,

0:25.2

that partisan critics strain sometimes absurdly to locate it.

0:30.4

Such is the case with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,

0:33.6

newly elected member of Congress from New York,

0:36.1

and avowed Democratic Socialist,

0:38.3

how to prove she's a phony.

0:41.3

Her clothes, of course.

0:44.3

And then there's this, the rising star of the Democratic Party

0:47.3

has expensive taste for a socialist.

0:50.3

Congressional candidate Alexandria Akazio-Cortez

0:53.3

spotted posing in a $3,500 outfit.

0:57.0

Wait, what?

0:58.0

For a photo shoot for interview magazine.

1:02.0

Her pants suit appropriate, retailing more than $2,800 alone.

1:08.0

And the shoes, $600 bucks. It's tough being a socialist. The onslaught of

1:14.4

aha may have peaked in November when Washington examiner staffer Eddie Scary tweeted an image of

1:21.0

Ocasio Cortez, taken from behind, with the caption, I'll tell you something, that jacket and

1:27.0

coat don't look like a girl who

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