Former President Trump gave rare praise Monday to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), telling an online streamer that the congresswoman has “a good spark.”
Trump sat for an interview with internet personality Adin Ross on the Kick platform, where Ross displayed photos of various celebrities and lawmakers and asked Trump his reaction to each person. When Ross displayed the photo of Ocasio-Cortez, the former president initially said, “Fake.”
“But in all fairness, she knows it. She has something going on. But it’s a good thing. A good thing for her,” Trump said. “She’s got a spark that’s amazing, actually. She’s got a good spark. I’ll change it. I’ll say spark.”
Trump said that when he first saw Ocasio-Cortez enter the political scene, he was reminded of Argentina’s former first lady, Eva Perón. And he claimed that he alerted aides to former Rep. Joe Crowley (DN.Y.) during his 2018 primary against Ocasio-Cortez that she could be a political threat to him. Crowley lost the primary to Ocasio-Cortez.
“She has a lot of wheezing,” Trump said.
Author Tim Alberta previously reported that Trump drew comparisons between Ocasio-Cortez and Perón.
Trump has repeatedly attacked Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive members of the Squad, at one point in 2019 telling Democratic lawmakers to “go back” to the countries they came from.
Ocasio-Cortez has been a relentless Trump critic since being elected to Congress in 2018. The congresswoman in late July pledged her “full support” to Vice President Harris after President Biden ended his candidacy.
“Now, more than ever, it is crucial that our party and our country come together quickly to defeat Donald Trump and the threat to American democracy. Let’s get to work,” Ocasio-Cortez posted on the social platform X.
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