But Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was not laughing.
The freshman Congresswoman was quick to express her outrage over the situation and came down hard on the actor for making light of what could have been a very serious situation. Taking to Twitter, AOC declared that Drake Bell had “crossed a line” and “should have known better than to joke about this type of thing.”
“Missing persons reports are no laughing matter,” she tweeted. “This kind of behavior is dangerous and insensitive and should not be tolerated.”
The backlash was swift and fierce, with some pointing out that AOC had missed the joke and was taking the situation too seriously. Others defended her, saying that it was important to take missing persons reports seriously and that joking about them was inappropriate.
In the end, Drake Bell was found safe and unharmed hours later. But the damage had already been done, with AOC’s tweet now being used as a prime example of how not to respond to a situation like this.
Although AOC has since deleted her tweet, the internet will never forget. Maybe next time, the Congresswoman will take a few minutes to think before she tweets.
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