Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) stunned viewers when she called into a Twitch stream during a Donkey Kong 64 marathon game session Sunday to help raise money for transgender kids. British YouTube star Hbomberguy — nee Harry Brewis — aims to play the entire classic 1999 Donkey Kong adventure game in a session that began Friday to raise money for the charity Mermaids, which supports transgender young people. AOC pitched the fundraising game session on Twitter — then called in. The government is shut down?”Ocasio-Cortez explained that it was the “longest government shutdown in history” and that airport agents and food inspectors weren’t getting paid. “It’s kind of a mess right now and we’re doing everything that we can,” she said.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2019 07:52 UTC