The freshman congresswoman began by sharing a video on Instagram briefly showing the conditions outside, as heavy rains drenched the region and prompted a brief, and rare, tornado warning inside the Beltway. The tornado warning followed a devastating tornado in Missouri's capital of Jefferson City the night before. "Tornadoes are challenging to link to climate change links due to their nature (geographically, limited, acute patterns, how they form, etc. Meteorologist Ryan Maue, though, argued that she was confusing climate change with "weather" in the capital region. "The Congresswoman @AOC does not know the difference between weather and climate," wrote Maue.

Source: Fox News May 24, 2019 11:43 UTC