@VeganAri would presumably say the same thing if she was photographed eating animal products. Or maybe he wouldn't, because he's smart enough to realise morality is relative, and the left eating itself allows the world's Trumps to put kids in concentration camps?
If he absolutely loves AOC, he should probably let the right tear her down. Maybe tug her sleeve about zoos (and, hey, animal products too) when progressive politicians have cleared their plates a bit first.
Hopefully I don't need to say this, but this isn't whataboutism - it's a reaction to progressives cutting off their political noses to spite their faces.