Progressive U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is not known for her ability to gracefully accept criticism, so it’s no wonder that, when New York Times opinion columnist David Brooks put her in the same “populist” basket as former President Donald Trump, she threw yet another public Twitter fit.
In a Thursday column, titled, “The Fever is Breaking,” Brooks pointed to the midterm election results and deduced that “performative populism has begun to ebb.”
