“A fake tweet claims Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said: "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 30 Aug 2019.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 August 2019. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 September 2019, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.