A resurfaced video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezHouse passes bill to avert shutdown Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' The Memo: Dems face balancing act on SCOTUS fight MORE (D-N.Y.) made the rounds on social media following National Love Your Pet Day.

In a short clip, the then-congressional candidate is seen being playfully tackled by a dog on the street while sitting down on a phone call last summer.

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Ocasio-Cortez could then be seen laughing while still on the phone as the dog attempts to lick her face.

One tweet featuring the video has gone on to garner more than 300,000 views in the several hours since it was uploaded on Thursday afternoon.

People were sharing their cute animals yesterday 4 #NationalLoveYourPetDay. I don't have one :( but I do have this video of Charlie, a bulldog from Parkchester (a constituent!) attacking @AOC over the summer while she was on the phone. Sorry for laughing instead of helping, alex pic.twitter.com/wPuIG62jx2 — simone norman (@whysimonewhy) February 21, 2019

So far, the video received overwhelmingly positive reactions from many on social media.

the most important video of the week is @AOC being attacked by a constituent's dog pic.twitter.com/QkqXdQEeCL — Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) February 21, 2019

she makes it so dang hard not to love her https://t.co/Qafe0njLOa — danielle tcholakian (@danielleiat) February 21, 2019

I take back everything I’ve ever said, politics is good now https://t.co/P4keeF3YpH — Charles Bramesco (@intothecrevasse) February 21, 2019

The video's reemergence also coincides with National Love Your Pet Day, which came on Wednesday.