“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “pretending to be arrested" by Capitol Police at an abortion-rights protest.”
Social media posts
United States. Claim dated 20 Jul 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Capitol Police records show the arrest did occur, and the congresswoman posted the arrest paperwork on her Instagram account.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 July 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 July 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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