Compare AOC with Sanders. The Vermont socialist worked doggedly to shift Democrats toward economic populism, not least by having the $15 minimum wage ­adopted in the party’s platform. He snatched victory from electoral defeat.

AOC must emulate her elder in another fashion: getting to work.

By the time America was “Feelin’ the Bern,” Sanders had been a US representative for 16 years and a senator for a decade. AOC’s ­résumé? Primarying Joe Crowley, an out-of-touch white congressman in one of the nation’s most ethnically diverse districts.

Let’s stop acting like AOC was David to Crowley’s Goliath. She beat a stale opponent in a district where she shared Hispanic heritage with nearly half the constituents. The attention she has ­received since then is nothing short of ridiculous.