Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was stumped during a recent interview when asked a seemingly simple question about cheese.

“Which cheese melts?” the interviewer asked.

Ocasio-Cortez desperately searched her mind for the answer but couldn’t find it. After a few moments of uncomfortable staring, she stammered, “Umm…cheddar? No? Swiss? I-I can’t remember rightly. It’s just been such a long couple days.”

The interviewer quickly jumped in and explained to Ocasio-Cortez that all cheese melts.

“Ohhh, right,” she said with a relieved smile, “of course. All cheese melts.”

The interviewer proceeded to laugh off the moment, but others were less forgiving. As the news began to spread on social media, many criticized Ocasio-C