“I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.”
What PolitiFact found
Census data shows that Joe Manchin represents roughly 2.6 times the number of residents as Ocasio-Cortez does.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (U.S. Rep., D-N.Y.) made this claim around 20 December 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 December 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has 7 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- realclearpolitics.comhttps://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/12/20/aoc_we_need_to_crack_down_the_senate_i…
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