PERSON: Ava Martinez

An 8-year-old girl who impersonates New York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become the darling of conservative news outlets.

Ava Martinez of California started posting videos to social media earlier this month as the character Mini AOC. Her jokes and teasing at Ocasio-Cortez’s expense typically riff on climate change and socialism while using an exaggerated ditzy voice to deliver the one-liners. Adorned in stylish glasses and deep red lipstick mimicking that of the congresswoman, the child purposefully overuses the word “like” and “so” on her Twitter account, which has attracted more than 36,000 followers despite being created fewer than two weeks ago.

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