Actresses Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy welcomed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Florida Democrat introduces bill to recognize Puerto Rico statehood referendum The Memo: 2020 is all about winning Florida MORE (D-N.Y.) to join “The Breakfast Club” after an old video surfaced of the newly sworn-in congresswoman mimicking choreography from the 1980s film in an attempt to smear her.

“That’s it, Alexandria you’re in the club!” Ringwald said in a tweet on Thursday, which also featured the hashtag “#DemsTakeTheHouse.”

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Sheedy also retweeted Ringwald’s post later on Thursday night with a raised-hands emoji in support of the New York Democrat.

The welcome came a day after an edited clip from eight years ago emerged showing then-college student Ocasio-Cortez dancing with friends on a roof at Boston University, from which she graduated in 2011 with a degree in economics and international relations.

In the video, Ocasio-Cortez and her friends could be seen imitating dancing scenes from popular films in the 1980s, including “The Breakfast Club.”

The video had initially resurfaced in a tweet aiming to be an attack against the Democrat from the account @AnonymousQ1776, which has since been deleted, along with the caption: "Here is America's favorite commie know-it-all acting like the clueless nitwit she is.”

But the clip instead prompted a fierce defense of her moves online, including freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who posted a tweet in support of Ocasio-Cortez earlier this week.

"If we can't dance it's not our revolution," Omar said, referring to the Ocasio-Cortez tweet with her new dancing video.

Ocasio-Cortez also commented on the video's emergence in a statement to The Hill on Friday.

"It is not normal for elected officials to have a reputation for dancing well and I'm happy to be one," the New York Democrat said.

“I think it is just funny what is considered to be disqualifying. It is unsurprising to me that Republicans would think having fun should be disqualifying or illegal," she continued.