Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez chronicled her move from the Bronx to D.C. through casual Instagram stories from her kitchen — a medium that has been mimicked across the party, not always with the same success. | Andrew Harnik congress Ocasio-Cortez hosts Twitter 101 for Democrats

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who has rocketed to fame with her liberal platform and social media savvy, led a crash course on how to use Twitter for fellow Democrats on Thursday.

"Class was in session this morning! I was thrilled to offer some insights on Twitter and social media to my. colleagues this morning," Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter, where she has 2.4 million followers.


"Now Majority @WhipClyburn is teaching me what all the bells mean in the Capitol," she added, tagging Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.).

Class was in session this morning! I was thrilled to offer some insights on Twitter and social media to my. colleagues this morning.



Now Majority @WhipClyburn is teaching me what all the bells mean in the Capitol 😂 https://t.co/pEGVZqqn2g — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 17, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez presented along with Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut and a representative from Twitter. The social media company regularly offers sessions for staffers and members of Congress and plans to meet with Republicans to schedule their own session next week, according to a Twitter spokesperson.

Following her electoral success last year, when she upset Democratic veteran Rep. Joe Crowley in a primary, Ocasio-Cortez chronicled her move from the Bronx to Washington through Instagram stories — a medium that has been mimicked across the party, and not always with the same success. Ocasio-Cortez has also used Twitter to claim news reports were biased or to rebut opposition to her policy objectives, which she has proudly deemed "radical."

When critics surfaced a video of Ocasio-Cortez dancing as a college student, the congresswoman tweeted a new video of herself dancing in front of her office.

"I hear the GOP thinks women dancing are scandalous,” she shot back in the tweet. “Wait till they find out Congresswomen dance too. Have a great weekend everyone :)”

The tweet, garnished with a dancing emoji, garnered more than 700,000 likes.

I hear the GOP thinks women dancing are scandalous.



Wait till they find out Congresswomen dance too! 💃🏽



Have a great weekend everyone :) pic.twitter.com/9y6ALOw4F6 — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 4, 2019

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) tweeted a selfie from Thursday's social media course, tagging Ocasio-Cortez and and Himes, as well as Reps. Debbie Dingell of Michigan, David Cicilline of Rhode Island and Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania, who were in attendance.

"The below pic is called a selfie," Lieu wrote.

Shortly after the class, Cicilline tweeted a gif of John Travolta in the movie "Pulp Fiction" with the caption "where's Mitch?" Ocasio-Cortez and a several other Democratic freshmen had gone hunting around the Hill on Wednesday for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, hoping to confront him about the partial government shutdown, which entered its 27th day on Thursday.

