AOC Was in the Cannon Building During Riots

A tweet by Jack Posobiec on February 3rd, 2021 claims that “AOC wasn’t in the Capitol Building During Her ‘Near Death’ Experience” during the storming of the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.

The original tweet was retweeted over six thousand times. The story was picked up by Media outlets like Fox News and YC.

Many users who shared the tweet called AOC a liar and one even called for her expulsion from Congress. Both #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett and #AOClied were trending on Twitter.

Both #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett and #AOClied were trending on Twitter. #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett is a reference to the case of Jussie Smollett, who has been accused of staging an attack on himself for publicity.