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Progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave a garbled answer when asked about how the US would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.

Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat who represents parts of the Bronx and Queens, said: 'Um, you know, I think that I, uh, this is such a, you know, I think that this is a, um, this is of course, a, uh, very longstanding, um, policy of the United States,' she began.

'And I think what we are hoping for is that we make sure we never get to that point and we want to make sure that we are moving all of our economic, research and our global positions to avoid any such confrontation and for that question to even arise,' she finished.

This how she responded to the question, 'Would and should the US actually commit US troops to defend Taiwan if China were to move?' at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday.

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