Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar attracted an audience of nearly half a million people Tuesday night by playing the viral video game Among Us on Twitch — one of the biggest events in the history of the popular online streaming platform.
The freshmen Democrats organized the event as an impromptu get-out-the-vote effort aimed at young Americans, the latest in a series of video game events held by high-profile Democrats.
Last week, former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign also debuted an “island” on the popular game Animal Crossing. Within an hour of AOC beginning the stream — her first on Twitch — close to 440,000 people were watching at the same time.
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