Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Takes "Self-Care" Time Off Before Congress

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The Young Politician Keeps It Real With Her Followers In A Twitter Message

Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not about to bend down to your capitalist ways America!

The congresswoman, who reps the Bronx and Queens district in New York, announced on Monday that she would be taking time off before she officially starts her term in the House of Representatives. Cortez was hot talk during the mid-term elections for her far left platform and for unseating long-time incumbent  Joe Crowley.

Now, Alexandria say she tiiiied…

And you’re not about to make her feel guilty about it!

In a tweet she wrote, “For working people, immigrants, & the poor, self-care is political — not because we want it to be, but bc of the inevitable shaming of someone doing a face mask while financially stressed. So I’ve decided to take others along with me on IG as I learn what self-care even means and why it’s important.”

According to New York Daily News, the 29-year-old politician is encouraging her followers to share their own ways of self-care. She followed up her post with a series of Instagram messages about how she had to give up her balanced lifestyle when she launched her campaign for Congress.

“Before the campaign, I used to practice yoga 3-4x/week, eat nutritiously, read and write for leisure,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “As soon as everything kicked up, that all went out the window. I went from doing yoga and making wild rice and salmon dinners to eating fast food for dinner and falling asleep in my jeans and makeup.”

Ocasio-Cortez made it clear that she doesn’t want to pretend to be something she’s not just to hold office.

“I believe public servants do a disservice to our communities by pretending to be perfect,” she wrote. “A lot of campaigns are based on telling a ‘superhuman’ story and I respectfully disagree with that tactic…You don’t have to be perfect, but you do have to be 100% committed.”

There you have it. Ocasio-Cortez keeping it real and funky with the people.

She officially starts representing New York’s 14th congressional district on January 3.