Freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave a speech at the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen last week warning the mayors of 94 cities from around the world, elected officials, business executives, leaders of the Youth Climate Strike, and scientists that tackling the climate crisis will require drastic changes. The Green New Deal advocate’s voice began to crack when she spoke of her “dreams of motherhood.”

“I speak to you not as an elected official or public figure, but I speak to you as a human being,” said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who seemed to be on the verge of crying. “A woman whose dreams of motherhood now taste bittersweet because of what I know about our children’s future, and that our actions are responsible for bringing their most dire possibilities into focus.”

After her speech, Ocasio-Cortez received an ovation. On Twitter, Ocasio-Cortez got some criticism for crying during her speech, but she fired back with falsehoods about President Trump. Ocasio- Cortez tweeted, “Trump: sexually assaults women, impulsively allows Kurds to be murdered, boosts videos of shooting journalists. GOP: Aha! Letting your voice shake after seeing 1st-hand human rights violations at the border+ understanding climate stakes makes women “too emotional” for politics”