During a fundraiser for the NRCC on Tuesday, President Trump unleased this truth bomb on Dems after correctly pointing out that they’re “petrified” of a “young bartender,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, and her Green New Deal:

Trump mocks the Green New Deal: "The GND, done by a young bartender, 29-years-old. A young bartender, wonderful young woman. … You have Senators that are professionals…white hair…and they're standing behind her and they're shaking, they're petrified of her" pic.twitter.com/99BWDCrrWA — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 3, 2019

He also dared Dems to run on the GND in 2020:

"If they beat me with the Green New Deal, I deserve to lose," says @POTUS of progressive Democrats agenda. Says he hopes it isn't killed too soon, because he wants to run against it. — Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 3, 2019

And we eagerly await Dems who will bash him for praising AOC:

OK, this is pretty clever of Trump. There's no good way for AOC or Dems to react to this. As always, I don't know how much conscious strategery went into this, but at minimum, damn good instincts for this kind of thing. https://t.co/r0v7s5LcXt — Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) April 3, 2019

Right on cue. The “young bartender” line is being turned into a pejorative while leaving out that he basically called her the leader of the party:

The president also offered up this warning on “the power of socialism to get a vote” and told the gathered Republicans that “We have to explain how bad it really is”: