If you guys want to believe that some dumpy-looking older dude who says the same objectively stupid things that AOC does would be considered one of the faces of the democrat party, I've got some oceanfront land in Oklahoma for you to consider.

She wasn't saying stupid things in 2018 and thereafter. Okay, she was saying things that you think are stupid, but that's because you're not a progressive and not part of the Democratic base. Not things that anyone in the Democratic base thinks are stupid. Which is why she's one of the faces of the Democratic party and you're not - she's excellent at being a progressive politician appealing to a youthful, online electorate living in a densely populated urban area.

Had she been a balding male, it would have likely been the same (assuming the same set of campaigning skills and general in-person charisma). She's intensely popular among the Democratic progressive base because she's got very good political skills and her issues line up with the base. She's one of the faces of the Democratic party because of that and because conservatives disdain her - typically to be the "face" of either party, you have to be someone that is liked by your side and disliked by the other, because that's what keeps you mentioned on Fox News/MSNBC all the time.