I have a slightly different take.
I think young AOC bought the lies of the left but had good intentions at first. She could have been turned based.
But now she’s getting swept up into the glam of DC, MSM, and Hollywood fawning over her, and it’s slowly turning her from “good intentions” to “evil user”.
She’ll continue believing she’s for the people for a little while, and occasionally based things will come from that, but over time she’s becoming one of them.
The one thing that could stop it is her saying a bit too much, and being put in her place by the shrieking left.
If that happens, then we get to see what she’s made of. Does she shrink back and cow to, or does she have what Nicki Minaj has and will break out of the programming at that point?
Hard to say.