AOC caught off guard when asked by TMZ whether she'd ever date a conservative after reported split from fiancé

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y., was caught off guard when the progressive lawmaker was asked by TMZ whether she'd date a conservative.

TMZ DC managing editor Charlie Cotton approached Ocasio-Cortez outside Capitol Hill on the heels of her reported split from fiancé Riley Roberts to ask about her dating habits.

"Would you ever date a conservative?" Cotton asked.

"Is that [something] you'd ever entertain?" AOC DOCUMENTS EGG-FREEZING JOURNEY, TAKES AIM AT TRUMP ADMIN OVER WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES The "Squad" member immediately laughed at the question.

"Um, I'd have to say... probably not," Ocasio-Cortez responded, chuckling again.

CARVILLE TORCHES DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS AS 'PACK OF FOOLS,' PRAISES AOC'S POLITICAL EVOLUTION When pressed about her reluctance to date across the aisle, Ocasio-Cortez clarified there's "no foul" to those who can put politics aside for love.

"I think a lot of politics sometimes, at least for me, is about values and being aligned in values is tremendously important," Ocasio-Cortez said.

Ocasio-Cortez's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital 's request for comment.

Dating someone with opposing politics was certainly not as taboo in past decades as it is in today's polarized climate.

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville, famously married to former GOP consultant Mary Matalin, spoke with Fox News Digital last year about finding love regardless of political party.

The former Clinton operative lamented how people in the modern era "use politics as a reason to date or not date somebody," something he ultimately disregarded when he was an eligible bachelor.

"In my case, I wasn't good-looking enough.

I had to broaden the base, okay," Carville chuckled.