Ocasio-Cortez has now reportedly encouraged her supporters to report social media users who call her out for the fact that she was not actually in the U.S. Capitol Building during the Jan. 6 riot. She asked them to target embarrassing hashtags.
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Her latest controversy erupted after Ocasio-Cortez accused Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) of “trying to get [her] killed” during the Jan. 6 riot. As it turns out, Ocasio-Cortez was not even inside the Capitol at the time. She was in her office, which is located in a separate building near the Capitol.