Ocasio-Cortez did not tweet that businesses should stay closed through the 2020 election

AP ^ | June 23, 2020 | ALI SWENSON

[where's_the_Outrage?]

CLAIM: A May 20 tweet sent and later deleted by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat representing New York, argues that governors should keep businesses closed until after the presidential election because economic recovery will help get President Donald Trump re-elected.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The tweet was fabricated. It does not appear in archived versions of Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitter feed or in databases that track deleted tweets by politicians. The congresswoman’s office also confirmed the tweet is not real.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Tried to find this posted but it did not come up on search.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

I believe she tweeted that. The media believes it too.

[DesertRhino]

Eh, looks real enough to me. And I know it’s her belief. According to my fact-checking it is accurate.

[Moorings]

Did Twitter do a solid for AOC by removing that tweet?

[Moorings]

“Don’t believe your eyes. Listen to what we say.”

[funfan]

So if she did not tweet it who did then? I am sure they could tell who it was.

[Fiddlstix]

[Mr. Jeeves]

I feel it is true - and my feelings are what matters. :)

[Skywise]

Bill Maher did say it, for one

[proust]

Fake but accurate.

[hanamizu]

No, no, no. You’re doing it all wrong. My ‘truth’ is she wrote it. No one can dispute your truth.

“We choose truth over facts”. —Joe Biden, democrat candidate for President.

[stylin19a]

interesting site here. https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/user/AOC?page=1&per_page=50

[Delta 21]

I dont care if she tweeted it or not.

Her being on the defensive is what this is all about. Welcome to the party!

[SmokingJoe]

Orwell’s 1984?
“We are at war with Oceania. We have always been at war with Oceania. “
The past is what we say it is.
The AP is totally without shame. They lie fluently and effortlessly.

[PGalt]

AOC = Lipstick on a PSYCHOPATH. She has the trifecta. Look at her FACE. Listen to her WORDS. Watch her DEEDS.

The lie is the WEAPON used most often by the CRIMINAL...to deceive, enslave, loot, rape, kill.

Our “representatives” show ZERO outrage.

[Moorings]

They know its true. The A$$ press is trying to do cover-up after the cat is out of the bag. If anybody needed evidence that the AP is a mouth piece of the DNC, then here is one.

[Redwood71]

Funny part is that the “proving organizations,’ like the AP, Politico, and snoopes, are using the lack of computer existence of the comment means it was never said. And that is horse $hit to the max. Anything can be erased from anywhere. So, was it said? Don’t know. But it has just as much chance of being said as not. So how can they be ingenuous saying it is one way or another? They lie either way.

rwood

[Flick Lives]

...does not appear in archived versions of Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitter feed or in databases that track deleted tweets by politicians.

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Show me the “databases”. Some millennial reporter thinks if they toss in the word “database” it somehow becomes authoritative.

[Impy]

She can tie her shoes so I doubt she would be stupid enough to post that OUT LOUD. I fully support pretending she did however. Everyone upstate and on Staten Island (and Long Island) should be informed. ☺

[TomGuy]

Hear her rambling in her own words:

[video] Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Americans Should "Just Say No" To Going Back To Work After Reopening Society

AP got their info almost word-for-word from snopes.com: Did AOC Tweet That Businesses Should Be Shut Down Until the Election?