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Sometimes it seems like we have been talking about disinformation for
forever.

New accounts of people spreading lies pop up almost weekly – from claims
that polling sites are closed, to town hall disruptors who claim (still!)
that the 2020 election was stolen or that vaccines don’t work. Far-right
disinformation campaigns have become so common, and so multi-layered, that
they rarely make headlines.

What’s particularly insidious is that many of these campaigns specifically
target voters of color, or voters whose first language is not English –
preying on communities who are leery of our government, or get their news
from close friends or family who may mistakenly pass on false information.
Disinformation can spread quickly, unchecked.

For example:

* On WhatsApp, users around the country received messages (in various
languages) that claimed polls would not open for the upcoming midterm
elections because of an “unsettled” dispute over the previous
presidential election.^1

* In the Latinx community, disinformation about abortion access has been
so prevalent that recently, in a study conducted by the NALEO National
Latino Voter Tracking Poll, more than half of Latinx registered voters
believe abortion to be currently illegal.^2

* And in Pennsylvania, the GOP candidate challenging Democrat Summer Lee
in PA-12 is taking advantage of his shared name with a former
Democratic Congressman to sow confusion.

We know that these disinformation tactics make an impact on voter turnout
and overall trust in the electoral system. That’s why we must do
everything we can in these last 4 days before the midterm elections to
reach every voter and make sure they’re properly informed on how to make
their voices heard at the ballot.

[ [link removed] ]But we’re counting on our grassroots movement to step up now to make
that happen. Can you chip in $5 to help
us combat this onslaught of disinformation?

Disinformation about Alexandria specifically happens enough that we’ve
even built a section on our website to help counter fake narratives –
[ [link removed] ]OcasioCortez.com/Fact-Checks. Here are some recent fact checks:

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| | Some social media users are |
| | sharing a video [...] the video |
| USA Today: Fact check: False claim | includes a clip of Ocasio-Cortez |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was | speaking at a 2019 congressional |
| thrown out of Congress | hearing, followed by clips of |
| (Read USA Today’s fact check in | Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and |
| full [ [link removed] ]here.) | Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaking. |
| | At no point does the video show |
| | Ocasio-Cortez being thrown out of |
| | Congress. |
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| | Ocasio-Cortez’s [ [link removed] ]most recent |
| | financial disclosure, filed in |
| | 2021, shows she had between |
| | $3,003 and $45,000 in assets, |
| Reuters: Fact Check - No evidence | including her 401k pension plan, |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a net | and owed at least $15,000 in |
| worth of $29 million | student debts. [...] “Forbes has |
| (Read Reuters’ fact check in full | not reported, nor can we confirm |
| [ [link removed] ]here.) | the net worth of Alexandria |
| | Ocasio- Cortez at this time,” |
| | Jocelyn Swift, director of |
| | corporate communications at |
| | Forbes told Reuters by email. |
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| | Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was |
| FactCheck.org: Ocasio-Cortez Was | one of 17 members of Congress |
| Arrested at Abortion-Rights | arrested at an abortion-rights |
| Protest, Contrary to Social Media | protest on July 19. But social |
| Posts | media posts falsely claim she was |
| (Read FactCheck’s full story | “pretending to be arrested.” |
| [ [link removed] ]here.) | Capitol Police records show the |
| | arrests did occur. |
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These are just some of the lies the right have attempted to spread about
Alexandria in order to undermine our movement, downplay our progressive
wins, and remove Alexandria from Congress.

And many progressive candidates across the country face similar
disinformation attempts to undermine their campaigns. We cannot and will
not let these attempts at discrediting our movement go unanswered. That’s
why we’re counting on your support right now.

Alexandria and our movement don’t have corporate PACs or lobbyist money
bankrolling our organizing efforts to counter these false narratives. So
we rely on supporters like you giving whatever you can whenever you can to
emails like this one.

[ [link removed] ]If
you can today, will you please make a $5 contribution to
help our organizers knock every door and reach every voter before
Tuesday’s election?



[ [link removed] ]Contribute $5



Thank you for your support always,

Team AOC

1 - [ [link removed] ]USA Today

2 - [ [link removed] ]Brookings


 

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