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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat, was elected to New York's 14th Congressional district seat in November 2018.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on November 7, 2020 in a Tweet:

“Every single swing-seat House Democrat who endorsed #MedicareForAll won re-election or is on track to win re-election. Every. Single. One.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 17, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on February 20, 2020 in a tweet:

Bernie Sanders has “never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career.*"

By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on June 17, 2019 in a tweet:

Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance."

By Bill McCarthy • June 21, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on February 5, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC:

"70 percent of Americans believe in improved and expanded Medicare for All."

By Jon Greenberg • February 6, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 2, 2018 in a tweet:

"$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon."

By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2018

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stated on September 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent $30,000 to attend the Met Gala and “God knows how much on that dress.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 16, 2021
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stated on July 6, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared smoking marijuana and transgender women in the Olympics.

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2021
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stated on March 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's net worth is “over $1 million.”

By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2021
Ted Cruz
stated on January 9, 2021 in a tweet:

Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”

By Landon Allison • February 18, 2021
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stated on January 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “Let’s begin ‘The Purge’ to roundup all Conservative traitors.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 13, 2021

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