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Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in Facebook posts:

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has secured a seat on the House Financial Services Committee but her "credit score is 430 and has had two checking accounts closed, along with two sheriff's evictions."

By Samantha Putterman• January 23, 2019

Facebook posts stated on July 09, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Quotes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as saying "I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said lots of things."

By Samantha Putterman• July 11, 2019

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

Viral image stated on February 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Claims to show a photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with her legs spread.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 26, 2019

Viral image stated on January 21, 2019 in a post on Facebook:

Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said "owning guns IS NOT a right, if it were a right it would be in the Constitution."

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 24, 2019

Facebook posts stated on June 19, 2023 in a video:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “faces 5 Years in Jail For FEC Crimes."

By Gabrielle Settles• June 23, 2023

Viral image stated on March 08, 2019 in a post on Facebook:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "was fired from ‘Hot Dog On A Stick’ in 2008 — for incompetence."

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 12, 2019

Bloggers stated on December 12, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Quotes incoming U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as saying "under capitalism, man oppresses man. Under socialism, it’s the other way around."

By Samantha Putterman• December 18, 2018

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

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

Viral image stated on March 30, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We need to repeal Daylight Savings Time as a primary measure to decrease the rate of climate change. Less hours of sun shine equal less heat hitting Earth’s surface."

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 2, 2019

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

Facebook posts stated on February 12, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a "$10 million payout from Netflix."

By Samantha Putterman• February 15, 2019

Viral image stated on October 23, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi discussing Jan. 6 with President Joe Biden.

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 2, 2023

Viral image stated on February 05, 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

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

Scott Perry stated on August 31, 2020 in an ad:

Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Eugene DePasquale support "socialized medicine," the Green New Deal and defunding the police.

By Tom Kertscher• September 10, 2020

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

Viral image stated on July 06, 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

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on July 13, 2018 in an interview on PBS' "Firing Line":

"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."

By Louis Jacobson• July 18, 2018

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