“Online posts say Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: "It's vital that Governors maintain restrictions on businesses until after the November Elections because economic recovery will help Trump be re-elected.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 23 Jun 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
A fake tweet attributed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez advocates restrictions on businesses “until after the November Elections because economic recovery will help Trump be re-elected.” She didn’t tweet that.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 June 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 June 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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