Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crashes and burns on international stage when asked simple foreign-policy question

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave a 40-second-long rambling response when asked Friday if the U.S. should send troops to protect Taiwan if China invaded the contested Asian island.

Ocasio-Cortez, a rumored 2028 presidential candidate and a leader of the Democratic Party’s far-left flank, spoke at the 62nd Annual Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday. There, Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua asked the progressive lawmaker...