0 People 57 Fact-checks 14 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (57) Instagram posts stated on July 19, 2022 in an Instagram post: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “faking being arrested” during an abortion-rights protest outside the Supreme Court. By Bill McCarthy• July 20, 2022 Viral image 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 Tim Baxter stated on January 04, 2022 in an ad: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” By Tom Kertscher• January 12, 2022 Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2023 in a Facebook post: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., “is now worth $29 million dollars.” By Loreben Tuquero• April 3, 2023 Viral image stated on June 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "weeps over empty parking lot." By Ciara O'Rourke, Stefanie Pousoulides• July 22, 2019 Viral image stated on February 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We must block Trump from stopping the return of the heroic Alabama mother from ISIS. In many ways she is more of a hero then our veterans. Welcome home sister!" By Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2019 Threads posts stated on October 30, 2024 in a Threads post: "AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?" By Jeff Cercone• October 30, 2024 Facebook posts stated on October 01, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying on CNN. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 2, 2023 Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez as saying private truck drivers are "destroying America" and should be "government regulated and drivers should be on full-time camera until we can figure out how to automate our shipping and do away with them altogether." By Samantha Putterman• July 19, 2019 Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2024 in an Instagram post: AOC posted that Trump’s election victory emboldened a conservative news outlet to call for her resignation because she’s a woman. By Sofia Ahmed• November 26, 2024 Viral image stated on April 03, 2025 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s family “must have just overlooked” “cashing her dead grandmother’s Social Security checks for a decade and a half.” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 4, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying after “Ted Cruz gets up and humiliates her to her face.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 26, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2023 in a Facebook post: A video shows Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., playing a phone conversation between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Hunter Biden. By Loreben Tuquero• April 17, 2023 Viral image stated on April 23, 2024 in a Facebook post: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “The moon is more important than the sun as the moon gives us light at night when it is dark out. The sun only gives us light during the day when it is already light out.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 1, 2024 Viral image stated on January 30, 2023 in an Instagram post: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Instagram needs to “TERMINATE…a right-wing media page posting CONSERVATIVE content.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2023 Viral image stated on September 04, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward." By Ciara O'Rourke• September 6, 2019 Viral image 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 Facebook posts stated on March 06, 2023 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk banned U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Twitter. By Ciara O'Rourke• March 9, 2023 Viral image stated on June 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “It’s vital that Governors maintain restrictions on businesses until after the November Elections because economic recovery will help Trump be re-elected. A few business closures or job losses is a small price to pay to be free from his presidency. #KeepUsClosed.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 23, 2020 TikTok posts stated on January 09, 2022 in a TikTok video: Video shows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pouring shots for a group of people “days before testing positive” for COVID-19. By Madison Czopek• January 18, 2022 Articles (14) Ask PolitiFact: Where was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during the Capitol riot? By Bill McCarthy• February 4, 2021 Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominated Bernie Sanders at the Democratic convention By Jon Greenberg• August 19, 2020 No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez probably didn't say that By Ciara O'Rourke• March 27, 2019 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the U.S. is running concentration camps. Many historians are skeptical By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 20, 2019 10 most popular social media fact-checks of 2020 By Daniel Funke• December 30, 2020 A note to our readers who think President Trump won By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 24, 2020 Fact-checking Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union speech By Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller, Lauren White, Rylee Wilson• March 2, 2022 Thinking small: Why Bernie Sanders and other 2020 candidates seek low-dollar campaign contributions By Tom Kertscher• July 15, 2019 Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco renews criticism of Ticketmaster monopoly By Sara Swann• November 18, 2022 What is the Biden administration saying about the refugee admissions cap for 2021? By Miriam Valverde• April 20, 2021 How a House speaker could kick some lawmakers off committees By Louis Jacobson• December 19, 2022 Republicans using ‘defund the police’ efforts to attack Democrats in key congressional races By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2020 The Supreme Court ended affirmative action for colleges. Are legacy admissions next to go? By Jeff Cercone• July 7, 2023 The federal government crackdown in Portland: What you need to know By Bill McCarthy• July 22, 2020
Instagram posts stated on July 19, 2022 in an Instagram post: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “faking being arrested” during an abortion-rights protest outside the Supreme Court. By Bill McCarthy• July 20, 2022 Viral image 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 Tim Baxter stated on January 04, 2022 in an ad: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” By Tom Kertscher• January 12, 2022 Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2023 in a Facebook post: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., “is now worth $29 million dollars.” By Loreben Tuquero• April 3, 2023 Viral image stated on June 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "weeps over empty parking lot." By Ciara O'Rourke, Stefanie Pousoulides• July 22, 2019 Viral image stated on February 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We must block Trump from stopping the return of the heroic Alabama mother from ISIS. In many ways she is more of a hero then our veterans. Welcome home sister!" By Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2019 Threads posts stated on October 30, 2024 in a Threads post: "AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?" By Jeff Cercone• October 30, 2024 Facebook posts stated on October 01, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying on CNN. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 2, 2023 Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez as saying private truck drivers are "destroying America" and should be "government regulated and drivers should be on full-time camera until we can figure out how to automate our shipping and do away with them altogether." By Samantha Putterman• July 19, 2019 Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2024 in an Instagram post: AOC posted that Trump’s election victory emboldened a conservative news outlet to call for her resignation because she’s a woman. By Sofia Ahmed• November 26, 2024 Viral image stated on April 03, 2025 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s family “must have just overlooked” “cashing her dead grandmother’s Social Security checks for a decade and a half.” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 4, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying after “Ted Cruz gets up and humiliates her to her face.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 26, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2023 in a Facebook post: A video shows Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., playing a phone conversation between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Hunter Biden. By Loreben Tuquero• April 17, 2023 Viral image stated on April 23, 2024 in a Facebook post: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “The moon is more important than the sun as the moon gives us light at night when it is dark out. The sun only gives us light during the day when it is already light out.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 1, 2024 Viral image stated on January 30, 2023 in an Instagram post: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Instagram needs to “TERMINATE…a right-wing media page posting CONSERVATIVE content.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2023 Viral image stated on September 04, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward." By Ciara O'Rourke• September 6, 2019 Viral image 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 Facebook posts stated on March 06, 2023 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk banned U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Twitter. By Ciara O'Rourke• March 9, 2023 Viral image stated on June 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “It’s vital that Governors maintain restrictions on businesses until after the November Elections because economic recovery will help Trump be re-elected. A few business closures or job losses is a small price to pay to be free from his presidency. #KeepUsClosed.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 23, 2020 TikTok posts stated on January 09, 2022 in a TikTok video: Video shows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pouring shots for a group of people “days before testing positive” for COVID-19. By Madison Czopek• January 18, 2022
Ask PolitiFact: Where was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during the Capitol riot? By Bill McCarthy• February 4, 2021 Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominated Bernie Sanders at the Democratic convention By Jon Greenberg• August 19, 2020 No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez probably didn't say that By Ciara O'Rourke• March 27, 2019 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the U.S. is running concentration camps. Many historians are skeptical By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 20, 2019 10 most popular social media fact-checks of 2020 By Daniel Funke• December 30, 2020 A note to our readers who think President Trump won By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 24, 2020 Fact-checking Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union speech By Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller, Lauren White, Rylee Wilson• March 2, 2022 Thinking small: Why Bernie Sanders and other 2020 candidates seek low-dollar campaign contributions By Tom Kertscher• July 15, 2019 Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco renews criticism of Ticketmaster monopoly By Sara Swann• November 18, 2022 What is the Biden administration saying about the refugee admissions cap for 2021? By Miriam Valverde• April 20, 2021 How a House speaker could kick some lawmakers off committees By Louis Jacobson• December 19, 2022 Republicans using ‘defund the police’ efforts to attack Democrats in key congressional races By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2020 The Supreme Court ended affirmative action for colleges. Are legacy admissions next to go? By Jeff Cercone• July 7, 2023 The federal government crackdown in Portland: What you need to know By Bill McCarthy• July 22, 2020
