Ocasio-Cortez’s recounting of the Jan. 6 riot was not a ‘hoax’
< < Go Back
I was in the chamber, unlike AOC — Representative Ocasio-Cortez — that faked her outrage with another hoax, just another hoax that gets shared everywhere.”
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), during a news conference, Feb. 5, 2021
There was no hoax. Ocasio-Cortez’s words have been twisted beyond recognition.
During her talk, Ocasio-Cortez made clear that she was not in the main Capitol building. “And so for you all to know, there’s the Capitol Hill complex,” she said. “But members of Congress, except for, you know, the speaker and other very, very high-ranking ones, don’t actually work in that building with the dome. There’s buildings like right next to the dome, and that’s where our actual offices are.”
Starting with a report from the conservative website Red State, the narrative took hold that Ocasio-Cortez said she was in the Capitol. “AOC Wasn’t Even in the Capitol Building During Her ‘Near Death’ Experience,” headlined the Red State report, using a common shorthand for Ocasio-Cortez’s name. A right-wing commentator named Steven Crowder piled on with his own take, declaring “AOC Lied and I can prove it.”
More From The Washington Post (subscription required):