We live in polarized times. The political divides that separate us have never seemed more opaque. Siblings are pitted against siblings, parents against children, and spouses against spouses. Yet, even in these dark times, one thing remains that unites us: looking down our noses at our crypto siblings and those below us in the online multiplayer PvP battle arena. As long as this is the case, the center remains.

No one knows this better than U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC). The New York State Assemblywoman for the 14th Congressional District and, more importantly, a Silver III ranked League of Legends player (open in new tab), she recently blasted both the people behind the epic bombing of the FTX crypto exchange (open in new tab) and those who are worse at LoL than she is She killed two birds with one stone with a tweet condemning both the people behind the epic bombing of the FTX crypto exchange (opens in new tab) and those who are worse at LoL than her.

AOC was impressed that FTX's venture capital investors, whose CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF, I guess they all go by the acronym SBF now) was a League of Legends fan who played the game between calls and meetings He responded with a series of tweets recalling how impressed he was with the game.

Many pointed out that SBF's Bronze III LoL ranking is not much to be proud of (at the time of this writing, nearly 85% of ranked soloqueue players (open in new tab) are much higher) and that the old financial and Even The Financial Times, a business daily, made fun of his LoL play (opens in new tab). When people pointed this out to AOC, she immediately got in on the gag.

AOC is not the only video game fan in the U.S. Congress. In the recent midterm elections, a Kingdom Hearts fan became the first (on record) to be elevated to Congress (opens in new tab). Still, unlike America's new goofy-loving congresswoman, AOC at least has the right attitude about her LoL habit. When someone tweeted that "I used to respect [her], but playing League is going too far," AOC had only one word in response: "Understandable (opens in new tab).