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Was AOC faking her arrest? Here’s how we know it was real

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was arrested with other Democratic lawmakers during an abortion-rights demonstration outside the Supreme Court July 19. She didn’t fake the arrest, as some social media users falsely claimed. Read the fact-check 

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