Critics Say Habba And Hannity's Cheap Shot At AOC Exposes An Ugly GOP Reality

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Critics poured cold water on Trump White House counselor Alina Habba and Fox News’ Sean Hannity for mocking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) over her former job as a bartender on Thursday.

Habba and Hannity were questioning the notion that Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) are leading the “intellectual thought” of the Democratic Party when Hannity called out Ocasio-Cortez’s criticism of top Donald Trump ally Elon Musk, sarcastically saying the New York Democrat is “such a genius.”

Habba chimed in: “You were in the bar. You were in a bar. You were in a bar, AOC. Calm down. And not to have a drink, to serve one.”

“Exactly,” Hannity laughed.

Critics quickly condemned the commentary, the latest in a long line of jabs about Ocasio-Corterz’s time in the service industry.

Many on social media suggested it exposed GOP hypocrisy as it attempts to paint itself as the party of the working class.

Ocasio-Cortez, who has hit back at similar attacks before, is yet to respond.

The party of the workers mocking the bartenders https://t.co/d9rvoXseuQ

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) March 14, 2025

Republicans have become so anti-worker it’s amazing.

— 🇺🇸 David 🇲🇽🇬🇧 (@DaveSixFour) March 14, 2025

So the implication here is that bartenders are morons? I stand with our brave men and women bartenders.

— OfCourse (@OfC0rse) March 14, 2025

I’ve never understood how somehow it is considered an insult to mention that someone worked in a restaurant when they were younger. If Trump’s dad wasn’t a slum lord and he had to grow up working class he’d be selling used cars right now. https://t.co/G9PER8ZoVz

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 14, 2025

AOC went from serving drinks to writing laws. Habba went from serving Trump to embarrassing herself on national TV.

— Nikos (@NikosReggae) March 14, 2025

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What’s wrong with working class people?

— Timothy Bellman (@Timothy_Bellman) March 14, 2025

The party of ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ and it’s professional puppets like @seanhannity sure loves mocking people who actually did exactly that.

— A Very British Dad in America (@MChowdry) March 14, 2025

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