It was back in July when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made news with an interview on PBS’s “Firing Line” in which she discussed the Israeli occupation of Palestine and then admitted that geopolitics is not her area of expertise. So much has happened since we almost forgot about that, but in an interview with The Intercept, Ocasio-Cortez claimed her comments were doctored and put out on Fox News, and that’s what people saw.
The Daily Caller disagrees.
Ocasio-Cortez Claims Her Comments On Israel Were Doctored — They Were Not https://t.co/aPTRmbGnvV pic.twitter.com/xU8HFUbsDZ
— The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 31, 2019
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed on Monday that comments she made in July regarding the Israeli “occupation of Palestine” were doctored and circulated in the media.
“The ‘Firing Line’ [interview got] doctored and then the doctored video was the one that ended up on Fox News, and then, like, everyone just sees the doctored version instead of the actual exchange,” Ocasio-Cortez told The Intercept, referring to a July 2018 interview with Margaret Hoover.
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Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed on Monday that comments she made in July regarding the Israeli “occupation of Palestine” were doctored and circulated in the media.
“The ‘Firing Line’ [interview got] doctored and then the doctored video was the one that ended up on Fox News, and then, like, everyone just sees the doctored version instead of the actual exchange,” Ocasio-Cortez told The Intercept, referring to a July 2018 interview with Margaret Hoover.
We have the video
— Tim Chapman (@TimChap45336298) January 31, 2019
The doctored video, man, not the real video. Pay attention.
She just keeps getting caught lying with zero repercussions. The strategy should be to just let her be crazy. She will do way more damage to herself.
— Sexyandmentallychallenged (@sexyandstupid) February 1, 2019
Oh no, girlie.. you said it .. we heard you and YOU OWN IT.
— TenNamesLater (@TenNamesLater) January 31, 2019
The future of American politics is just Trump clones owning each other https://t.co/4akeZqaLAd
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) January 31, 2019
Ryan Saavedra is a reporter with The Daily Wire:
THREAD: Ocasio-Cortez blatantly lies about what happened with her July 2018 remarks on Israel "occupying" Palestine
She falsely claims the video "got doctored and then the doctored video was the one that ended up on Fox News and then like everyone just sees the doctored version" pic.twitter.com/ZeLz5NMEok
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 31, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez's comments garnered national attention after I found the interview and tweeted out the following video clip which was viewed millions of times https://t.co/tYvOKgugmH
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 31, 2019
Her comments were picked up by nearly all major news organizations which showed the unaltered video clip:https://t.co/Wk6Y9nCMCZhttps://t.co/TQtXiEVKCShttps://t.co/9g2Lv1yOuehttps://t.co/WLreeEklvEhttps://t.co/V6Ck6paFnuhttps://t.co/XsMEIBrHwahttps://t.co/9IOqIT81ll pic.twitter.com/bUdQWQKWhm
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 31, 2019
My original tweet was published on July 15.
Nine days later, on July 24, Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) cut up Ocasio-Cortez's interview and made a blatantly obvious *parody* videohttps://t.co/theDLjWjB6
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 31, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez responded to the video by doing what she does best: playing the victim card https://t.co/opHyhTlw9C
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 31, 2019
The key point here is the 9-day gap in time between my tweet and when @conservmillen's parody interview.
The news cycle had been highly saturated with Ocasio-Cortez's comments *before* Allie Beth Stuckey published her video.
Everyone saw what @AOC said. It was not doctored.
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 31, 2019
Also important to note, @conservmillen did *NOT* even include her remarks about Israel and Palestine in her videohttps://t.co/PKO2J9kZOr
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 31, 2019
Jesus is she ever weird.
— Lazarian (@Lazarian27) January 31, 2019
Incredible. This is the left’s new darling. A liar who transforms into the victim at the bare hint of pushback.
— Bill Swindle (@Bill_Swindle) January 31, 2019
She has no proof, but it was doctored.
— bugsemgee (@bugsemgee) January 31, 2019
Then all we can request is an “un-doctored” version of what was said then… right?
— Demetrio (@dhernan1972) January 31, 2019
PBS ought to have a copy.
What a terrible manipulator. Why do people like being scammed?
— Greg Moxness (@ceasere) January 31, 2019
She also says the American Dream is a myth. Get the word out. That should put an end to illegal immigration.
Thanks #AOC— Jean (@jmhwa) January 31, 2019
She said it. I saw the original and so did many others. Why doesn’t AOC and the Women’s March organizer own up to the fact that they don’t think Israel has as a right to exist?
— Linda Knowlton (@knoliadhar) January 31, 2019
None of this matters cuz the world ends in 12 years anyhow.
— Mark (@sleazybzy) January 31, 2019
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 16, 2018
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