Amid a string of unfavorable fact-checks by mainstream media outlets, freshman Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) has launched her own version of a war on the media, in particular fact-checkers who she says spend too much time analyzing the factuality of her claims rather than the “morality” of her sentiments.
Primed for the fight, the youngest woman elected to Congress and “future” of the Democratic Party took a preemptive shot at The Washington Post after the outlet contacted her office about another fact-challenged interview. But the shot ended up backfiring and resulting in Ocasio-Cortez offering a qualified apology to an economist — but then claiming victory anyhow.
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