A video of a bulldog ambushing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has gone viral, and it’s absolutely adorable.
It shows a constituent’s bulldog named Charlie pouncing on Ocasio-Cortez while she was outside and on a conference call in the Bronx. The scene continues until she’s lying horizontal with the dog on top of her, laughing while he licked her face. Charlie looked very happy and excited to say hello to the powerhouse politician.
Comedian Simone Norman, who worked on Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign for Congress last year, shared the video on Twitter on Thursday for National Love Your Pet Day, and said she filmed the video over the summer.
“Sorry for laughing instead of helping, alex,” Norman wrote. The comedian also joked about a recent criticism of Ocasio-Cortez after GOP representatives found out that her boyfriend has a government email address, Refinery29 reports. Many assumed that she had hired him to her staff.
People were sharing their cute animals yesterday 4 #NationalLoveYourPetDay. I don’t have one :( but I do have this video of Charlie, a bulldog from Parkchester (a constituent!) attacking @AOC over the summer while she was on the phone. Sorry for laughing instead of helping, alex pic.twitter.com/wPuIG62jx2
— simone norman ? (@whysimonewhy) February 21, 2019
“Leftist darling @AOC spotted necking with heavyset mystery man in broad daylight,” Norman wrote. “Someone better check to see if this bulldog has its own congressional email account.”
Leftist darling @AOC spotted necking with heavyset mystery man in broad daylight….
someone better check to see if this bulldog has its own congressional email account ? pic.twitter.com/VbKx6QhA2e
— simone norman ? (@whysimonewhy) February 21, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez shared the video too, and she added:
Snuggle ambush in the Bronx while I was on a conference call ? https://t.co/FraWfG8QCh
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 22, 2019
According to ABC New York, Charlie is the dog of a constituent who lives in Parkchester, which is a neighborhood in the Bronx.