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‘#AlexandriaOcasioSmollett’ trends on Twitter, while NY Rep rejects claims she wasn’t at Capitol

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10 months ago

February 3, 2021

Staff Writer

UPDATE: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back at claims she lied about her experience during the pro-Trump Capitol riots.

“This is the latest manipulative take on the right. They are manipulating the fact that most people don’t know the layout the Capitol complex. We were all on the Capitol complex – the attack wasn’t just on the dome. The bombs Trump supporters planted surrounded our offices too,” she wrote.

This is the latest manipulative take on the right.

They are manipulating the fact that most people don’t know the layout the Capitol complex.

We were all on the Capitol complex – the attack wasn’t just on the dome.

The bombs Trump supporters planted surrounded our offices too. pic.twitter.com/jI18e0XRrd
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 3, 2021

Following reports that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‘s (D-N.Y.) was not in the U.S. Capitol Building and in her Cannon Office Building office on January 6, the hashtag “AlexandriaOcasioSmollett” has been trending on Twitter, with conservatives referencing disgraced actor Jussie Smollett’s staged hate crime in 2019.

For more on this story regarding Ocasio-Cortez, read what we wrote here.

Here are some popular tweets using the hashtag:

AOC Wasn't Even in the Capitol Building During Her 'Near Death' Experience.

What actually happened?

A Capitol Police officer knocked on her door in the Cannon Building to direct her to another building.#AlexandriaOcasioSmollett https://t.co/WcJaeE8qIu
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) February 3, 2021

On a day in which #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett is trending, please never forget the time that @AOC staged a photo shoot dressed in all white at a parking lot to spread lies about immigrant children in cages.

Faking her own attempted murder was the next logical step. pic.twitter.com/y8mNNowMGy
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) February 3, 2021

Do not retweet this video. #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett pic.twitter.com/4P3tmRtEPF
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) February 3, 2021

#AlexandriaOcasioSmollett trending is a sign that 2021 may actually be an improvement over 2020.
— JD Sharp (@imjdsharp) February 3, 2021

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Related Topics:AOC capitol riots Jussie Smollett

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White House Confirms It Is Looking Into Shutting Down Oil Pipeline Amid Fuel Crisis

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1 day ago

November 27, 2021

Staff Writer

The Biden administration confirmed that it is considering shutting down an oil pipeline in Michigan despite the ongoing fuel crisis in the country.

“Revoking the permits for the [Line 5] pipeline that delivers oil from western Canada across Wisconsin, the Great Lakes and Michigan and into Ontario, would please environmentalists who have urged the White House to block fossil fuel infrastructure, but it would aggravate a rift with Canada and could exacerbate a spike in energy prices that Republicans are already using as a political weapon,” Politico Pro reported. “Killing a pipeline while U.S. gasoline prices are the highest in years could be political poison for Biden, who has seen his approval rating crash in recent months.”

Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked about the report during Monday’s press briefing, asking, “why is the administration now considering shutting down the Line 5 pipeline from Canada to Michigan?”

“So, Peter, that is inaccurate,” Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed. “That is not right. So, any reporting indicating that some decision has been made, again, is not accurate. … So, again, I would — it is inaccurate what you just stated, but —”

“What’s inaccurate?” Doocy asked.

“The reporting about us wanting to shut down the Line 5,” Jean-Pierre said.

“I didn’t say ‘wanting.’ I said, is it being studied right now? Is the administration studying the impact of shutting down the Line 5?”

“Yeah. Yes, we are. We are,” Jean-Pierre admitted.

DOOCY: "Is the administration studying the impact of shutting down the Line 5?"

JEAN-PIERRE: "Yes we are." pic.twitter.com/V5XKhgcmAJ

TRENDING

Report: ‘At Least 160,000 Illegal Immigrants’ Have Been Released Into U.S. Since March

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 8, 2021

The news comes as gas prices have reached their highest since 2014, when Biden was vice president, and are currently about 50% higher than they were when Biden entered office.