AOC Calls on Supporters to Mock MAGA Men's 'Insecure Masculinity', Promptly Calls Stephen Miller a 'Short Troll'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has urged her supporters to "laugh" at what she described as the "insecure masculinity" behind the MAGA movement — singling out White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller as an example.

During an Instagram Live session on Sunday, the New York Democrat argued that mockery could be an effective tool to counter authoritarian tendencies she pins on the Trump adminitration. "One of the best ways that you can dismantle a movement of insecure men is by making fun of them," Ocasio-Cortez said. "Laugh at them!"

She then pivoted to Miller, calling him "a clown" and commenting on his appearance. "I've never seen that guy in real life, but he looks like he's, like, 4 feet 10 inches," she said. "And he looks like he is angry about the fact that he's 4 feet 10 inches. And he looks like he is so mad that he's 4 feet 10 inches, that he has taken that anger out on any other population possible."

Public records list Miller's height as 5 feet 10 inches. Ocasio-Cortez, 35, continued to tell her viewers that humor was a key part of resistance. "Yes, the resistance to authoritarianism is very real. The risks of abuse of power are very real," she said. "But one of the most powerful cultural things you can do to a political movement predicated on the puffery of insecure men — that's what this is about."

The congresswoman added that the issue went beyond what's often called "toxic masculinity." "This is about insecure masculinity," she said, "and one of the best ways you can dismantle a movement of insecure men is by making fun of them."

She also urged "secure men who aren't afraid of successful people around them, who are good dads, who have strong values" to participate in that effort.

After finishing her remarks, Ocasio-Cortez clarified that her comments were not directed at short men in general. "Short kings are great," she said. "I'm not here to make fun of anyone's anything, but the way people overcompensate over their own stories is what I'm talking about there."

Reading a viewer's comment, Ocasio-Cortez then added, "Someone said, 'not short kings, short troll.' That's correct, there's a difference."