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2024-10-24 14:59:08 UTC - HELPFUL
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This is a fake tweet. It does not appear in archived versions of @AOC's Twitter feed or in databases that track deleted tweets by politicians. https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/user/AOC?page=1 The congresswoman has also confirmed the tweet is fake. https://web.archive.org/web/20200623204210/https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1275528986114887681 It has been fact-checked repeatedly. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-did-not-tweet-that-governors-should-keep-bu-idUSKBN23V31T/ https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-9035601885 https://www.vpm.org/news/2020-06-24/politifact-no-aoc-didnt-tweet-about-closing-businesses-until-after-the-election https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/no-aoc-didnt-tweet-this-about-closing-businesses-until-after-the-election/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/23/viral-image/no-aoc-didnt-tweet-about-closing-businesses-until-/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-businesses-closed-tweet/ https://www.stltoday.com/on-ocasio-cortez-wanting-to-keep-businesses-closed/article_e5c1d922-4af7-52d8-b605-24ea48bc59de.html https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/fake-aoc-tweet-politicizes-covid-19-business-restrictions/ https://www.newsweek.com/jack-del-rio-washington-redskins-aoc-screenshot-fake-donald-trump-1513023 https://web.archive.org/web/20200623200056/https://twitter.com/annalecta/status/1275515850267688982
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