Fake AOC ‘Electric Cars’ Tweet Resurfaced in Hurricane Ian Discourse A long-debunked "tweet" attributed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) about electric cars and storms is resurrected ahead of just about every hurricane.
AOC Did Not Say the ‘Only Reason Trump is Keeping His Promises is to Infuence the Outcome’ of the 2020 Election Memes attributed quotes to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), such as the "only reason Trump is keeping his campaign promises is to influence the outcome of the next election."
‘Now Listen You Rich People, Weep and Wail’ Tumblr Post or Bible Verse? A post to a Facebook group called "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Dank Meme Stash" contained a purported Bible verse about the immorality of hoarding wealth and exploiting workers.
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say If ‘Owning Guns Was a Right It Would Be in the Constitution’? New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has captured the attention of the internet and its trolls, which means that memes and rumors about her are quite common — most of which seem to attribute either motives or quotes to her with no citation or evidence. One such meme, which has circulated for some time, […]
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say ‘We Can Land on the Sun, We Just Have to Go at Night?’ On January 31 2019, a Facebook user shared the following meme (archived here), claiming that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had once said that it was possible to “land on the sun” and “we just have to go at night”: https://www.facebook.com/NightTrainInTheMorning/posts/2227289070649770 Not only did the post not include any indication as to whether it was presented as […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Splits’ Image On April 10 2019 a Facebook user shared the following post (archived here), purportedly showing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doing what appears to be a particularly athletic dance move at a party: The post’s image showed Ocasio-Cortez being supported by an unidentified man holding her legs as she did the splits. Text at the top and bottom […]
Did Franklin Graham Say Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has a ‘Satanic Background’? In February 2019, an article from Business Standard News (BS News) contained the claim that evangelist Franklin Graham accused Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of coming from a “Satanic background”: We can’t go a day without some right-winger flipping out over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC). The latest attack has come from evangelist Franklin Graham, who’s already known for his […]
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Forget to Vote for Her Own Green New Deal? On March 29 2019 a Facebook page shared the following meme (archived here), asserting that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez failed to vote for her own bill (the “Green New Deal“): https://www.facebook.com/Trumpsmyguy/posts/2749042525121003 Across a photograph of Ocasio-Cortez (with a pejorative term “stamped” on her forehead), it read: THE FACE YOU MAKE WHEN YOU LOSE 0-57 THEN RELIZE YOU […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Facts Meme On March 14 2019, the Facebook page Occupy Democrats shared a meme (archived here), making a number of claims about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York): Next to a photograph of Ocasio-Cortez, the meme’s text read: In high school she won 2nd place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. In a show of […]
Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say ‘White Women’ Need to Have Fewer Children and ‘More Abortions’? In early March 2019, a Facebook user shared the following indifferently-spelled meme (archived here), featuring Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a quote in which she purportedly insisted that “white women” ought to have “more abortions.” A photograph of Ocasio-Cortez speaking (above) was captioned: “We are dying, too many people in this country. White weman need to have […]
