US EditionAssemblyman Debunks AOC's 'Bronx Girl' Claim with Yearbook Photo
- Assemblyman Matt Slater shared yearbook photos to challenge Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's identification as a 'Bronx girl' due to her family's move to Yorktown Heights when she was five years old.
- Ocasio-Cortez confirmed her family moved to Yorktown Heights, but she often visited the Bronx to see her extended family.
- Her official biography and social media statements assert that her upbringing shapes her views on income inequality and public policy.
- Conservative influencer Paul A. Szypula shared her childhood home's value to suggest that Ocasio-Cortez had a privileged life, but social media users noted that she spent significant time in the Bronx.
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Revisiting Tough Bronx Girl AOC as Sandy Cortez of Yorktown
Tucker Carlson knew years ago that AOC the “tough Bronx girl” was actually Sandy Cortez from Yorktown, but the information is back on X almost as if it was new information. The new revelation of old news came when her high school yearbook photo showed up thanks to a Republican who was in her high […] The post Revisiting Tough Bronx Girl AOC as Sandy Cortez of Yorktown appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
AOC Really Grew up in the Bronx or Suburbs?
The issue of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's claims about her upbringing came up again over the weekend, the New York Post has reported. The New York lawmaker has throughout her political career emphasized that she grew up in the Bronx, even though most of her childhood was spent in the suburbs in Yorktown, part of Westchester County. Ocasio-Cortez was born in the Bronx, but her family moved to Yorktown when she was 5 years old and she graduated…
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