The tweet about Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) was deleted soon after it was posted Thursday afternoon.
By Felicia Sonmez Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow April 25 at 3:19 PM Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday tweeted — then deleted — a post that mistakenly identified her fellow House Democrat, Rep. John Yarmuth , as one of the Republican Party’s “older male members.”
The Kentucky GOP post shows Yarmuth, a six-term Democrat who is chairman of the House Budget Committee, smiling and standing next to a cardboard cutout of Ocasio-Cortez. “Looks like @AOC and #socialism are calling the shots for @KyDems now!” the post reads.
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