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Democrat from NY

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the Democratic nominee for Congress in New York's 14th Congressional district.

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False

Total budget straight from military's wish list

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"Just last year we gave the military a $700 billion budget increase, which they didn’t even ask for."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, August 1st, 2018

Mostly True

This ratio won't leave you out in the cold

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

In New York City, "for every one person experiencing homelessness here, there are about three vacant apartments."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, July 25th, 2018

Pants on Fire!

Wrong on several counts

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"Unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs. Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their family."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

False

'Beds, not people'

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"ICE is required to fill 34,000 beds with detainees every single night and that number has only been increasing since 2009."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, July 6th, 2018