Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compares President Trump to a parasite while joking with Seth Meyers

During her appearance on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers,' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also expressed bewilderment over Fox News’ incessant coverage of her
PUBLISHED MAR 23, 2019

We long stopped being surprised by Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s unapologetic and bold comments about her political opponents. On her Friday night’s appearance on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’, she proved why her adversaries fear her sniper-like tongue.

The democratic socialist revealed during her chat with host Meyers that she loved biology and that she studied microbiology and the impact of antioxidants on a model organism known as the C. elegan, which is of the nematode family. When Meyers tried to joke about how she is like President Donald Trump in that he too shares that passion, AOC cut him off saying, “Because he's a nematode?”

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has been named by Time magazine as the "second most talked about politician in America" (Getty Images)
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has been named by Time magazine as the "second most talked about politician in America" (Getty Images)
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