Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed that the woman who suggested "eating babies" was a solution to climate change "was a Trump supporter."

During the congresswoman's Thursday night town hall, a woman stood up and urged her to support drastic measures to combat changes to the climate.

“We’re not going to be here for much longer, because of the climate crisis," the woman pleaded. "We only have a few months left. I love that you support the Green Deal, but it’s not gonna get rid of fossil fuel. It’s not going to solve the problem fast enough. A Swedish professor said we can eat dead people, but it’s not fast enough! So, I think your next campaign slogan has to be this: We’ve got to start eating babies."

Ocasio-Cortez addressed the incident on social media afterwards, urging people not to "mock or make a spectacle" of the woman because she "may have been suffering from a mental condition."

Turns out the woman yelling was a Trump supporter 🤷🏽‍♀️



Doesn’t rule out potential mental issue (Drs do that) but good to know they were not in crisis.



Earlier this year I was stalked & very nearly hurt by a disturbed person. I don’t take chances & immediately try to de-escalate. https://t.co/kgWFvigJhy — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 4, 2019

Then Friday morning, the New York congresswoman tweeted, "Turns out the woman yelling was a Trump supporter Doesn’t rule out potential mental issue (Drs do that) but good to know they were not in crisis. Earlier this year I was stalked & very nearly hurt by a disturbed person. I don’t take chances & immediately try to de-escalate."

So who was this woman? Not a climate activist. Not even, perhaps, someone with a mental illness. She is a representative of the bizarre political cult once led by Lyndon LaRouche. Previous targets for this kind of stunt include @Janefonda Olof Palme & Michael Dukakis. Now @AOC. pic.twitter.com/0JVsfn6vCn — Matthew Sweet (@DrMatthewSweet) October 4, 2019

She was quote tweeting Matthew Sweet, who explained in a Twitter thread that the woman was likely a representative from LaRouchePAC. Included in his thread was a screenshot from LaRouchePAC, which read, "LaRouchePAC trolls AOC, AOC doesn't rule out eating babies. #EatTheBabies."

The LaRouche movement is a political movement promoting the late Lyndon LaRouche. They argue for economic reform on a global scale. LaRouche believed that the queen of England was a drug dealer and that Henry Kissinger was a Soviet "agent of influence."

