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stated on April 3, 2025 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.”
Pants on Fire!
April 4, 2025
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stated on January 24, 2025 a Threads post
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin “have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump for pardoning the J6 prisoners.”
False
January 29, 2025
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stated on April 23, 2024 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.”
False
May 1, 2024
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stated on October 1, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying on CNN.
False
October 2, 2023
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stated on October 23, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi discussing Jan. 6 with President Joe Biden.
False
October 2, 2023
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stated on March 6, 2023 a Facebook post
Elon Musk banned U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Twitter.
Pants on Fire!
March 9, 2023
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stated on January 30, 2023 an Instagram post
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Instagram needs to “TERMINATE…a right-wing media page posting CONSERVATIVE content.”
False
January 31, 2023
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Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying after “Ted Cruz gets up and humiliates her to her face.”
False
January 26, 2023
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stated on July 17, 2022 a Facebook post
Jim Jordan told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “You’re just dumb.”
False
July 19, 2022
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stated on February 5, 2022 a Facebook post
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “I don’t need truckers. I get my food from the grocery store.”
Pants on Fire!
February 7, 2022
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stated on September 13, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent $30,000 to attend the Met Gala and “God knows how much on that dress.”
False
September 16, 2021
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stated on July 6, 2021 an Instagram post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared smoking marijuana and transgender women in the Olympics.
False
July 9, 2021
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Facebook posts
stated on March 8, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's net worth is “over $1 million.”
Pants on Fire!
March 10, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 9, 2021 a tweet
Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”
Mostly False
By Landon Allison, Julia Schneider • February 18, 2021
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stated on January 12, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “Let’s begin ‘The Purge’ to roundup all Conservative traitors.”
Pants on Fire!
January 13, 2021
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stated on June 23, 2020 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.”
Pants on Fire!
June 23, 2020
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Bloggers
stated on December 23, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar vowed "to remove senior’s ‘entitlements,’ Social Security/Medicare."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • January 2, 2020
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stated on December 27, 2019 social media posts
Says that four Democrats — Sheila Jackson Lee, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — made specific, suspect remarks about such topics as the Constitution, abortion and guns.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2020
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stated on September 4, 2019 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."
False
September 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 23, 2019 a speech to conservative high school students
Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "called our country and our people garbage."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2019
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