when I say staged it means that she had two professional photographers there to capture the moment. It was not spontaneous, it was planned.

there's video of this too... it pans and you can see the detention center is way waaaaaaaay in the back... she can't see any kids whatsoever.

The point is that she used this as political football and now it backfired, because those on the right now say tha its all bs. That the detention centers are fine, that they don't have horrible conditions, etc.

Regarding the meme, not mine, maybe not appropriate since the problem is serious, but the point I'm making is this. AOC should do better, she must... her latest comments on how Pelosi is racist against her was cringe too...

I think being effective is more important than earning votes.