The right-wing media sphere flew into a frenzy on Thursday when several users on social media pointed out that U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York had removed her pronouns from her bio on X, formerly Twitter.
“JUST IN: AOC removed her pronouns from her bio,” read a post from the popular far-right Libs of TikTok X account.
Heads up, @AOC removed the pronouns from her bio,” wrote another user, adding that it amounted to a “total surrender.”
Another user called the move by the outspoken progressive Democrat a “cultural victory.”
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 19. The Democratic congresswoman removed her pronouns from her X bio well before the election. U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 19. The Democratic congresswoman removed her pronouns from her X bio well before the election. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/GETTY
The overarching sentiment among right-wing internet users was that Ocasio-Cortez’s decision to remove her pronouns from her bio underscored President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the 2024 election, and was an inflection point in “woke” ideology—a derisive term that many conservatives use to describe identity politics and progressive values.
But as observers have noted, Ocasio-Cortez removed her pronouns from her X bio well before Election Day.
She didn’t have them in her bio on July 29, according to one screenshot of the lawmaker’s X account captured on the Internet Archive. And The Daily Dot reported that the New York congresswoman had axed her pronouns from her bio as early as May.
Republicans leaned heavily into the culture war heading into this year’s election, hammering Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party over their support for transgender rights and the LGBTQ+ community.
Among the most widely circulated ads this election season was the Trump campaign’s anti-trans ad saying that “Kamala is for they/them. President Trump is for you.”
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