Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's first House floor speech becomes C-SPAN's 'most-viewed tweet video' for a representative
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's first speech on the House floor on Wednesday has become C-SPAN's "most-viewed" video of any representative from either party.
The broadcasting company's communications director, Howard Mortman, made the announcement on Twitter along with a clip of the 29-year-old's speech. Mortman said: "In just over 12 hours C-SPAN tweet of @RepAOC floor remarks last nite have become most-viewed twitter video by @cspan of any remarks by a member of House either party."
In just over 12 hours C-SPAN tweet of @RepAOC floor remarks last nite have become most-viewed twitter video by @cspan of any remarks by a member of House either party. 1.16M https://t.co/lkd0vK33cj
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) January 17, 2019
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