The 'Eat The Babies' meme stems from a 2019 town hall event held by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Queens, New York. During the meeting, a woman wearing a shirt that read 'Save the Planet, Eat the Children' stood up and frantically argued that the only way to combat the climate crisis was to start consuming infants to reduce the population. AOC responded with composure and concern, not realizing at the time that the woman was actually an actress affiliated with the fringe political group, the Lyndon LaRouche PAC. The stunt was intended to mock AOC's environmental policies but backfired as it became a widespread internet meme, used to represent absurd escalation, political performance art, and the chaotic nature of modern political discourse.