President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence also attended CPAC, but the White House has said that Trump is “not concerned” about the interactions at all. “[He] is quite a hand washer,” spokesperson Stephanie Grisham said, as reported by CNN.

And yet Gosar’s knee-jerk reaction during self-quarantine was to make light of a pandemic that has proven fatal for thousands, and impacting hundreds of thousands more. Ocasio-Cortez was right to shut down his poor-taste comment.

More importantly, though, we all need to practice a little more empathy. For the many people personally impacted by coronavirus, the pandemic is no joke.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just perfectly shut down a male politician who joked about coronavirus