Progressive Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has torn into Donald Trump as the government now careens into shutdown. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says there may yet be hope for Trump's opponents. The GOP knows their popularity is tanking as the American people turn on their extremism. Sharing a clip of her interview with MSNBC later on, Ocasio-Cortez doubled down on her words of cautious optimism on X. “The GOP knows their popularity is tanking as the American people turn on their extremism,” she said.