Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez channels Spice Girls in government shutdown tweets
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will tell you what she wants, what she really, really wants ― and that’s the end of the partial government shutdown.
The freshman lawmaker made Spice Girls-themed gags on Twitter early Friday as she continued campaigning for the full reopening of the government, which she also demanded in her debut speech on the House floor.
She likened this photo of herself, Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.) to “a Spice Girls album cover.”
This photo looks like a Spice Girls album cover, but for reopening the government 😂
cc: @RepJahanaHayes@KatieHill4CA@LaurenUnderwoodhttps://t.co/zYcKdoAfHN— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 18, 2019
Hill responded by reimagining the lyrics from the Spice Girls’ 1996 hit “Wannabe.”
🎤I’ll tell you what I want...
What I really really want...🎤
800,000 government employees to be able to pay their bills.
cc: @AOC@RepJahanaHayes@LaurenUnderwoodhttps://t.co/H42JUzzk5Q— Katie Hill (@KatieHill4CA) January 18, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted back a line from the song:
🎶 Now don't go wasting our precious time/
If they get their act together we could be just fine 🎶 https://t.co/PkBS823wLd— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 18, 2019
Their exchange inspired others online to spice up their tweets in similar ways:
Album title: Girls Get it Done
— JonBenoit 🌊🎶🍄🎸🌊 (@jonben65) January 18, 2019
This photo looks like a Spice Girls album cover, but for reopening the government 😂
cc: @RepJahanaHayes@KatieHill4CA@LaurenUnderwoodhttps://t.co/zYcKdoAfHN— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 18, 2019
It’s nice to see less salt in the spice rack.
— Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) January 18, 2019
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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