{"id":666930,"date":"2026-04-06T19:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/666930\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:14:21","slug":"aoc-spotted-at-new-york-yankees-game-amid-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/666930\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Spotted at New York Yankees Game Amid Government Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Rep. AOC<br \/>\n                          Swing and a Miss!!!<br \/>\n                          In Yankee Stadium &amp; Congress<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              April 6, 2026<br \/>\n                            12:06 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260406_177e55b02a1648339e99c2878bc9a9c3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8360e0ee-a9e0-476f-955e-adb8f10cefda\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/177e55b02a1648339e99c2878bc9a9c3_md.jpg\" alt=\"AOC yankees getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buy her some peanuts and Cracker Jack &#8230; Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> hit up a New York Yankees game Sunday as the second week of Congress&#8217; paid vacation gets underway &#8230; while thousands of federal workers are still going unpaid.<\/p>\n<p>      BREAKING: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was just spotted looking gorgeous at the Yankees game tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y4txEZejoN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/y4txEZejoN<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/am4rrt\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@am4rrt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out these photos of AOC at the Yankees home game Sunday afternoon against the visiting Miami Marlins &#8230; the Congresswoman from New York is smiling in a bunch of selfies snapped by folks who ran into her at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>AOC had a Yankees hat on, and it looks like people found her perusing one of the team shops on the concourse.<\/p>\n<p>      I still can\u2019t believe me &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stantonispookie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@stantonispookie<\/a> ran into AOC today <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QFcqxY4DQW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QFcqxY4DQW<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jj_jov\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@jj_jov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yankee Stadium isn&#8217;t in her district, but it&#8217;s right next door &#8230; so it&#8217;s not like AOC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/31\/house-members-vacation-in-scotland-during-department-homeland-security-shutdown\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">went overseas<\/a> to Scotland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/02\/john-james-on-island-vacation-during-government-shutdown\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jetted down<\/a> to the Caribbean, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/30\/robert-garcia-las-vegas-casino-fontainebleau-government-shutdown\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bellied up to a bar<\/a> at a Las Vegas casino, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/30\/lindsey-graham-at-disneyworld-amidst-government-shutdown\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wielded a bubble wand<\/a> in Disney World &#8230; unlike some of her colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Still, AOC doesn&#8217;t look like the ongoing government shutdown is weighing her down.<\/p>\n<p>As for the results on the field &#8230; the Yankees lost, 7-6, to the Marlins.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2c59eb82f479407188bb123bb88238e6_md.jpg\" alt=\"call-to-action-kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p>As you know, TMZ has put word out &#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/tips\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">we want photos and videos<\/a>\u00a0of the 535 members of Congress, most of whom ditched D.C. during their 2-week break for various places around the world. So send us your photos!!!<\/p>\n<p>We reached out to AOC&#8217;s camp &#8230; so far back.<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rep. AOC Swing and a Miss!!! 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