Alessandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), better known by her moniker AOC, isn't your typical gamer streamer. But her Twitch stream about GameStop and stock trading garnered 300,000 viewers. That's a lot, even by the standards of regular streamers.

FOR AOC, TWITCH IS A PLATFORM FOR SERIOUS BUSINESS

AOC wasn't on Twitch to play games. She was there for some serious business. She hosted a podcast-like session with experts on stocks, talking about the recent events surrounding Reddit and GameStop. These experts included financial analyst Alexis Goldstein and Twitch streamer TheStockGuy. On Reddit's side, she invited its co-founder Alexis Ohanian to give some insight on how it was possible for a group of redditors to influence GameStop's stocks this much.

Her stream had an average of over 200,000 viewers, peaking at 300,000 concurrent viewers. Although the numbers aren't as big as when she streamed Among Us, these are still great numbers. It's good to know that gamers would actually watch this kind of content. They're not just completely into games, after all. Gamers also have other interests like stocks and politics, just like your Average Joe.

AOC also made headlines last year when she played Among Us with other Democrats. She wasn't a slog to watch, either. Over 700,000 people watched AOC play the game because she was entertaining to watch. She even peaked close to 500,000 simultaneous viewers. These numbers will make any full-time streamer blush.

GAMESTOP STOCK PRICE SHENANIGANS, EXPLAINED

Earlier this week, we reported on how GameStop's stock price surged. A group of amateur investors in the r/WallStreetBets subreddit went up against hedge fund investors in a battle for GameStop stocks. To make a long story short, the amateurs made sure that the pros would go bankrupt for shorting GameStop's stocks.

The unusual event made GameStop's stock shoot through the roof – about 1700% of its original value. This put the hedge fund investors in billions of debt while the redditors held on to their stocks and refused to sell. This phenomenon is now being watched by millions around the world unfold, including big shots like Elon Musk and Chamath Palihapitiya.

Wall Street experts have called the whole situation a “ponzi scheme” that is neither sustainable nor fair. The shock that this event introduced in the market led to massive panic in Wall Street. The stock-trading app used by the redditors, Robinhood, even issued a temporary stop in all trading for GameStop. AOC would later react to this move by Robinhood, even suggesting that they should be an investigation on their actions.

It seems like AOC is seriously looking into this situation, as what we can see in her live stream podcast. However, she's not the only one who has shown interest. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) also expressed his disappointment with how Wall Street is reacting to the situation.

Even Republican Ted Cruz (R-TX) showed his support with AOC's motion. However, AOC wasn't having any of it.