Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted out clever “cocktails for the revolution,” and we have our shakers ready
Before Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was sworn in as a member of Congress, she worked as a bartender to make a living. Though she is now busy, you know, representing her district, revitalizing the Democratic party, and generally saving the world—Ocasio-Cortez took a beat to tweet out some cocktail ideas if you ever wanted to play America, the drinking game.
When author and political writer Anand Giridharadas got into a Twitter spat with a Trump supporter who implored him to “open a salon” instead of engaging in political discourse, Giridharadas joked that he’d open a revolution-themed salon and wondered aloud if Ocasio-Cortez would use her years of bartending experience to “submit a signature cocktail,” which, of course, she did.
Ocasio-Cortez’s “cocktails for the Revolution” includes a bitter dark n’ stormy for a “World w/o a #GreenNewDeal,” an Aviation without the crème de violette in honor of clean transport, a mezcal Greyhound for “Bridges, Not Walls,” a mocktail margarita for paid parental leave, and “anything w/ Goldschläger” to toast policy failure.
Cocktails for the Revolution:
– World w/o a #GreenNewDeal: a Bitter Dark n’ Stormy
– Clean transport: an Aviation, but hold the crème de violette
– Bridges, Not Walls: a Mezcal Greyhound
– Paid Parental Leave: Mocktail margarita
– Policy Failure: anything w/ Goldschläger— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 11, 2019
She also created a bespoke cocktail for Brexit, which she said would be “a straight shot of bathtub gin, with no imported botanical.”
Ocasio-Cortez told Insider.com earlier this year that bartending was a surprisingly great training ground for running for Congress.
"I got really, really, really good at listening to people, and I got really good at understanding people's needs, beyond just food and drink," she said while adding that bartending gave her a "really thick skin."
So if you ever see Ocasio-Cortez at a bar, make sure to send her a mezcal Greyhound.
