Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Waltz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, played video games and talked politics in a Twitch stream less than two weeks before the election.
year turn on the flow Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitch channel, he and Waltz discussed topics Like Social Security, Home Control, and Disillusioned Leftist Voters. The two also played Madden NFL, with the New York House member picking the Buffalo Bills and the Minnesota governor picking the Minnesota Vikings in a head-to-head matchup.
The Twitch team will serve as Vice President Harris, along with Ocasio-Cortez and Waltz campaign activities to young men usually associated with the streaming platform. Harris was also recently Opened a Twitch channel himself.
One of the highlights of the stream was Waltz and Ocasio-Cortez responded to comments Puerto Rico was made during a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday. In the comments, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe said, “I don’t know if you know this, but there’s a floating garbage island in the middle of the ocean right now,” adding that he believed “it’s called Puerto Rico.”
“Who is this?” Who is that guy?’ Waltz asked.
Ocasio-Cortez, who is from Puerto Rico, later said, “What I want so many people to understand is that what they’re doing in Puerto Rico is a testing ground for the policies and the horrors that they’ve been doing. I want them to open up in working-class communities across the United States.”
“I need people to understand … when you have an a-hole calling Puerto Rico ‘floating garbage,’ know they’re thinking about you,” he added.
Hinchcliffe’s comments on Sunday drew backlash from other Democrats and the Harris campaign.
“As a Puerto Rican, I want to call Hinchcliffe racist scum, but that would be an insult to scum,” Richie Torres (DN.Y.) said in a post on the X social platform. “Latinos in the voting booth while voting must never forget the racism that Donald Trump seems all too willing to platform.”
a the answer is published In response to Walz and Ocasio-Cortez’s criticism during a stream on social media platform X on Sunday, Hinchcliffe said a vice presidential candidate might take time out of his “busy schedule” to analyze an out-of-context joke. to appear racist”.
“I love Puerto Rico and vacationing there. I teased everyone…check out the whole collection. I’m comedian Tim… it might be time to change your tampon,” Hinchcliffe said.
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
Updated at 10:52 PM EDT.
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