Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Livestreams ‘Among Us’ on Twitch, Kicks Ass (Obviously)
Turns out Ocasio-Cortez is a good gamer, on top of everything else.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets the youth in a way that most — if not all — American politicians fundamentally do not.
It’s not just that she uses social media platforms like Instagram Live and — as of today — Twitch to spread her message. Lots of politicians do that. It’s that Ocasio-Cortez does it without irony, and filled with an exuberant, obvious joy. It doesn’t seem cynical with her (even though, obviously, these are election strategies like any other.) She seems perpetually like she’s doing this for real.
Which might explain the titanic reception to Ocasio-Cortez’s bumper Twitch session earlier today, in which the Congresswoman absolutely annihilated friends and fellow politicians while playing Among Us.
For those not in the know, Among Us is a team multi-player game that follows the format of classroom staple Mafia — someone is the killer, and must slowly pick off crewmates before they get discovered.
It’s a particularly fun game to watch if you’re spectating a group of players who have a dynamic that you understand. Usually, such players are YouTubers and gamers. Today, it was Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow politician Ilhan Omar, along with a who’s-who of political activists and celebrities, including Leftist YouTube hero Hbomberguy.
So yeah, given that rollcall, it was unsurprising that within hours of the stream starting, it was drawing seriously massive views.
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) October 21, 2020
And then there was the content itself. Turns out Ocasio-Cortez is a natural Twitch streamer, full of energy and life throughout.
"@DisguisedToast was with me the whole time, but, I am being marinated, is that the term?" @AOC pic.twitter.com/1duIiwpiaf
— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) October 21, 2020
.@Hbomberguy kills @AOC. pic.twitter.com/4d5EezKFdp
— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) October 21, 2020
[insert spiderman meme] pic.twitter.com/cudOsSxxTv
— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) October 21, 2020
.@hasanthehun and @AOC discover @IlhanMN AND GET THE W pic.twitter.com/N0KWEPCUTZ
— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) October 21, 2020
Of course, as some were quick to point out, there was one important Leftist not present…
“I just found AOC’s body in reactuh” pic.twitter.com/wajPsDJnf8
— Jules (@Julian_Epp) October 21, 2020
For a full video of highlights from the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Twitch stream, check out this one from The Washington Post: