Lest anyone think I am taking the words of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) out of context, here is, verbatim, her answer to a question during an appearance at the Munich Security Conference last week. I have removed the “uh”s and “um”s because even the best of us can utter those when speaking off the cuff. Asked, “Would and should the U.S. actually commit U.S. troops to defend Taiwan if China were to move?,” Ocasio-Cortez replied:

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