Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to twitter on Wednesday accusing Fox News of intentionally pronouncing her name wrong to make it sound “stereotypically” Hispanic.
By the way: Fox News likes to say my name (incorrectly) as “Cortez,” which I can only imagine is bc that sounds more ‘stereotypically’ Hispanic + probably incites more ‘anxiety’ for them.
Pro Tip:
My last name is not “Cortez,” just as theirs isn’t “Ingra” or “Carl” or “Hann.”
By the way: Fox News likes to say my name (incorrectly) as “Cortez,” which I can only imagine is bc that sounds more ‘stereotypically’ Hispanic + probably incites more ‘anxiety’ for them.
Pro Tip:
My last name is not “Cortez,” just as theirs isn’t “Ingra” or “Carl” or “Hann.”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 21, 2019
It didn’t take long before she was exposed for her hate hoax. Tom Elliott of Grabien Media reviewed the Fox News transcripts and found no evidence of anyone referring to her as simply “Cortez.”
Ocasio-Cortez was clearly referring to Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity in her tweet.
Elliott reviewed the transcripts for all episodes of “The Ingraham Angle” and “Hannity” in March and found nothing.
Elliot wrote, “Just checked @seanhannity, whom she also accuses of this ostensible hate crime. Like Laura, Hannity did not refer to @AOC as “Cortez” once in the month of March (I checked every show). She’s mentioned 20x in one episode, but every time correctly.”
Elliot added that the only person he knows of that is obsessed with Ocasio-Cortez being Hispanic is Ocasio-Cortez herself.
You may be unsurprised to learn that this is untrue. I checked every mention of “Cortez” on the Ingraham Angle in March and didn’t find @IngrahamAngle referring to @AOC as “Cortez” once. On 3/14, Rabbi Aryeh Spero said “Cortez and her quartet,” but Laura never did. https://t.co/MRhGnYxQFH
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 21, 2019
Just checked @seanhannity, whom she also accuses of this ostensible hate crime. Like Laura, Hannity did not refer to @AOC as “Cortez” once in the month of March (I checked every show). She’s mentioned 20x in one episode, but every time correctly.
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 21, 2019
Unless @aoc has something to back up this claim, it would seem she owes apologies to Hannity and Ingraham. Randomly accusing people of prejudice is indecent, esp when it will inevitably be used for more boycott fodder.
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 21, 2019
The only person I’ve noticed who obsesses over AOC being Hispanic is AOC herself. It’s a constant topic. Conservative media generally focus on her overzealous Green New Deal, her sketchy campaign finance issues, and her frequent hypocrisy.
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 21, 2019
Laura Ingram chimed in about the incident.
So @AOC does a huge thread complaining that @seanhannity @tuckercarlson and I routinely don’t use her full last name in order to stereotype her. But when it’s exposed as FALSE, she just moves on. Why not just join us on air, @AOC? It’ll be fun. #GirlPower https://t.co/PFBSXexOFN
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 22, 2019
This is typical race bating done by Democrats, it’s no surprise she won’t apologize or even delete the tweets because her low informed base will still believe it’s true.
She will move on to the next lie.
