Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez addressed the speculations over her pregnancy doing the rounds for a long time now and said she’s not pregnant. In an Instagram story, AOC said she got asked this question a lot and recently a Republican leader also asked her the same.
“I am not pregnant, guys. I had a lot of food at Thanksgiving, okay? It happens,” AOC said.
The Republicans were quick to jump to the abortion conclusion as they pointed out that AOC looked heavier before Thanksgiving.
“Basically what AOC is really saying here is that she was pregnant but she got an abortion and she’s ashamed to admit it,” one post read.
“Of course, AOC isn’t pregnant. She’d probably be at an abortion clinic and live stream the murder of the fetus if she was,” another hate comment said.
“AOC has looked noticeably heavier for months now, well before Thanksgiving. And she’s also a pathological liar,” another wrote.
Far-Right activist Laura Loomer triggered the speculations over AOC’s pregnancy before the election. AOC has been engaged to Riley Roberts since 2022.
The congresswoman from New York recently made headlines after running to be a top Democrat for the House Oversight Committee and losing. Reports circulated that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was working against Ocasio-Cortez. Rep. Gerry Connolly, who Pelosi was reportedly making calls for, won by a margin of 131 to 84. Even President-elect Donald Trump sent his sarcastic condolences to her. “Really too bad that AOC lost the Battle for the Leadership Seat in the Democrat Party,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “She should keep trying. Someday, she will be successful!” “Damn you know it’s bad when even Trump us feeling bad for me,” AOC reacted to that.
AOC was also vocal against Elon Musk’s push to scrap the spending bill. AOC said that Republicans cut $190 million for pediatric cancer research from the funding bill because “Elon gets his money from Defense contracts so they’ll never touch the military budget”.