Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has revealed that she's made the plunge and has decided to quit Twitter due to the amount of "negativity" on the platform.
The New York representative was answering questions on her Instagram Story on Monday when someone asked: "When will you come back to Twitter?? You're missed."
AOC responded saying she turned off all her devices and wasn't active on social media when she was infected with Covid-19 earlier this year.
"That's so funny that you bring that up," she said. "Yeah, when I got COVID I turned off all my devices, which means I wasn't really on social media that much or anything like that."
"I found that when I went to open Twitter up again, it just like wasn't making me feel... So I mean literally I would go to open the app and almost felt like anxious," she went on.
"People kinda fight and gossip and all sort of stuff so much. And there is a lot of negativity on there. But I'll be back, don't worry. Just feel like a break."
The Democrat announced on January 16 that she had contracted the virus and experienced debilitating symptoms.
"Welp, so it happened. Got COVID, probably omicron. As of today I am thankfully recovered and wrapping up quarantine, but COVID was no joke," she wrote at the time.
Despite that, AOC has decided to keep up her Instagram presence, where she has 8.5 million followers.
It comes as AOC called out "creepy" Republicans over their apparent "deranged sexual frustrations".
The New York rep was spotted alongside her boyfriend in Florida last month. But many took issue with the fact that she was photographed not wearing a mask (despite being outside), all while New York City is set to introduce strict measures, such as a vaccine mandate for private-sector workers.
Christina Pushaw, the spokesperson for Florida governor Ron DeSantis, was one of Ocasio-Cortez's critics on social media, tweeting: "Florida is so dangerous & scary that AOC decided to go on vacation in Miami this week. You know it’s a free state when even a Democrat can enjoy cocktails without being forced to show her papers or wear a mask."
However, the discussion got out of hand when conservative commentator Steve Cortes shared the image, and made a particular point to mention AOC's boyfriend's feet.
Cortes wrote: "1. If Leftists like AOC actually thought mandates and masking worked, they wouldn’t be frolicking in free FL. 2. Her guy is showing his gross pale male feet in public (not at a pool/beach) with hideous sandals."
The bizarre observation led to Ocasio-Cortez calling out Cortes for his comments - and while she was tweeting, she decided to take down other "sexually frustrated" Republicans.
"If Republicans are mad they can’t date me they can just say that instead of projecting their sexual frustrations onto my boyfriend’s feet. Ya creepy weirdos," she responded.
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