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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 April 29, 2022 in a tweet:

"In Texas, Republicans passed a law allowing rapists to sue their victims for getting an abortion."

By Nusaiba Mizan • May 9, 2022
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 20, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

“I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.”

By Louis Jacobson • December 22, 2021
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

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stated on July 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Jim Jordan told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “You’re just dumb.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 19, 2022
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stated on February 5, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “I don’t need truckers. I get my food from the grocery store.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 7, 2022
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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

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