Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) demonstrated this week that her “expertise” on Middle Eastern affairs might not extend to actually communicating with Arab Americans.

As part of a push to engage New York’s diverse electorate, AOC released campaign materials in multiple languages.

“We are mobilizing New Yorkers to vote for Harris/Walz and me,” AOC posted on X, highlighting multiple translations, including English, Bengali, and Chinese.

Yet there was one glaring issue that social media users were quick to point out. The Arab version of the text appeared backwards with disconnected letters – breaking the basic rules of Arabic script, where characters flow smoothly from right to left.

When Arabic speakers exposed the gibberish translation, Team AOC quickly wiped the evidence from social media, though not before the materials were widely ridiculed.

“Much like her knowledge of the Middle East, the Arabic on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s flyers is gibberish and written backwards,” one user wrote.

“Pure gibberish. A true metaphor for her efforts to connect to Arab voters – not caring enough about the basics like our right to life,” wrote another.

On Monday night, AOC appeared in Madison, Wisconsin, where she joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to rally progressive support for Kamala Harris. Unsurprisingly, the New York congresswoman used her platform to compare Trump’s recent Madison Square Garden appearance to a Nazi rally in 1939.

“When we hear an individual, whether it’s Donald Trump or one of his cronies on a stage, talking about our fellow Americans as a pile of garbage, know that he’s talking about us, he’s talking about you,” Ocasio-Cortez told the Wisconsin crowd, before accusing Trump of “echoing the words of Adolf Hitler.”

For a congresswoman who can’t manage basic Arabic script while claiming Middle East expertise, the Hitler comparisons might be a stretch too far.