Beto’s tonsils aren’t even the worst thing about modern pols’ social-media obsession

Yet the 2016 election proved this is not so. On the contrary, it turns out a candidate can still win the presidency without posting his March Madness bracket or showing us his breakfast.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with meeting people where they are and tailoring a political message to social media. The problem ­is when social media come at the ­expense of good ideas or overshadow real debate altogether.

When we say a candidate is “so good” at social media — like people say about upstart Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the videos she posts to Instagram or the sick burns she lays on her foes on Twitter — what does it really mean?

Often AOC is merely connecting with the fan base that already adores her. After all, it is unlikely that the rest of us will watch her make black-bean soup on Instagram and decide that, yes, we would like socialism after all. Then, too, Americans’ obsession with charisma helps inexperienced candidates like Trump and, yes, Barack Obama.