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You need to tell those stores in CA that AOC doesn’t think they REALLY got robbed.

Tha’s what AOC gets for only watching CNN.

“GOP, businesses slam AOC for doubting existence of smash-and-grab robberies: ‘Tone-deaf and offensive’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said ‘a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out’

By Emma Colton | Fox News

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was slammed by Republicans and business leaders following an interview where she cast doubt on whether rampant smash-and-grabs are actually occurring.

“A lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with The Washington Times last week.

“I believe it’s a Walgreens in California cited it, but the data didn’t back it up,” she added.

The comments sparked pushback from retail leaders and Republican lawmakers, including from Walgreens.

“Organized retail crime is one of the top challenges facing” the company, Walgreens told The Washington Times, adding that the crime “has evolved beyond shoplifting and petty theft to the sale of stolen and counterfeit goods online.”

“I don’t know what data she is talking about,” said Rep. Rodney Davis, an Illinois Republican.

“But you don’t really need much data from someplace in San Francisco or California. All you need to do is walk down the street to the CVS in Eastern Market,” he said, referring to an area of Washington, D.C. near the Capitol. “I’ve seen on multiple occasions when I’ve been in there buying things, someone will come in and raid a shelf and walk out.”

Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks said Ocasio-Cortez’s comments were “tone-deaf and offensive” to the family of Oakland security guard Kevin Nishita. The former San Jose police officer was shot and killed in November while defending a news crew reporting on a smash-and-grab crime.