Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezOn The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline McCarthy says there will be a peaceful transition if Biden wins Anxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid MORE (D-N.Y.) was met by an eager crowd chanting her name when she attended a drag show in New York on Friday.

“You are beautiful. You are accepted,” the freshman lawmaker told the audience at Bartschland Follies, a drag and burlesque show at the McKittrick Hotel.

Ocasio-Cortez appeared alongside performer Joey Arias, who shared footage of the two onstage on Instagram.

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“Alexandria O.Cortez and myself at BARTSCHLAND FOLLIES! I was gagging ! She’s Amaxing ! The place went wild ! Chanting her name.!” the artist shared.

Ocasio-Cortez also posed for a photo with drag king Murray Hill, another performer in the show, according to CNN.

“The inspiring and formidable @ocasio2018 attended the @bartschland Follies show @themckittrick last night in NYC,” Murray Hill posted on Instagram.

“None of us in the cast were feeling too patriotic this July 4th weekend, but her presence alone gave us all a much needed dose of hope,” Murray Hill told NBC News. “She reignited the fire that’s burning in all of us. She stayed and watched the entire show starring New York’s finest misfits, nightlife creatures, rebel rousers, queer icons. She then got on stage and said, ‘Be who you are. You are beautiful. You are accepted.’ Mic drop.”