It’s more like Mortal Kringe-bat.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Democratic congresswomen were ruthlessly roasted — including directly by the White House — after they appeared in a cringey “Choose your fighter” TikTok clip that quickly went viral.
The 20-second video of progressives was initially posted by cookbook author and influencer Sulhee Jessica Woo to her 5.6 million followers in honor of Women’s History Month on Wednesday — leading the Trump administration to troll with their own version of the online trend Thursday.
The White House montage showed President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other members of the Republican’s administration with the caption “America Chose Its Fighters Last November.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was on horseback and Attorney General Pam Bondi was speaking at a press conference while border czar Tom Homan was walking away from a helicopter in parts of the clip.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, FBI Director Kash Patel and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick also had cameos in the video.
Meanwhile, the widely mocked video of the Democratic House reps included New York’s Ocasio-Cortez; Rep. Lauren Underwood of Illinois; Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts; Rep. Judy Chu of California; Jasmine Crockett of Texas; and Susie Lee of Nevada, along with fun facts about them and music from Super Smash Bros in the background.
AOC, 35, revealed she was a Trekkie while Clark, 61, who is also the Minority whip, said she doesn’t like hair dye. Crockett, 43, disclosed she’s not a morning person while Underwood, 38, insisted she doesn’t like balloons.
But the short clip failed to hit the mark.
“Democrats Not Be Cringe Challenge,” the Trump administration’s Rapid Response account wrote on X. “Level: Impossible.”
“The problem isn’t policy failures, economic anxiety, or a general sense that everything is coming apart at the seams,” political writer Matt Lewis wrote.
“No, no—the real issue is that voters just don’t know how much fun their representatives are!”
Meanwhile, Punchbowl News reporter Ben Brody called it “hilariously cringey.”
“One of the worst parts about this: the Choose Your Fighter trend was popular on TikTok like 3 years ago,” journalist Peter Hamby wrote.
