The White House responded to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s mockery of Stephen Miller with a crude message on Tuesday.
The clash erupted after the White House deputy chief of staff was awkwardly forced to watch a social media video of the New York Democrat calling him “4-foot-10″ while he was being interviewed live on Fox News.
In response, White House communications director Steven Cheung, 43, the president’s director of communications, quote-posted the clip.
He wrote, “Sounds like @AOC is often used to the shorter things in life,” adding a pinching-hand emoji, widely used online to suggest a small penis.
In her Instagram video, the New York congresswoman, 35, had urged Democrats to “laugh” at what she called MAGA’s “insecure masculinity,” labeling Miller a “clown” and—without clai