Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., came under fire on Sunday after falsely claiming on social media that 50,000 attendees at a colonial elections festival in Puerto Rico were rallying for the “anti-Trump, anti-corruption Alianza movement.”
“Eyes on Puerto Rico: Tonight, Puerto Ricans amassed the second-largest political rally this ENTIRE cycle – behind only Harris’ 75k-person Ellipse speech,” AOC wrote in a post on X. “Over 50,000 Boricuas rallying for the anti-Trump, anti-corruption Alianza movement & @juandalmauPR. Political earthquake.”
The representative was referring to a festival that appeared to amass more people than Vice President Harris’s speech last week at the Ellipse, next to the White House, but the post did not tell the entire story.
In fact, critics accused AOC of lying and slapped the social media post with a community note.
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“The depicted rally is the Festival de la Esperanza, hosted by the anti-colonial parties of Movimiento …