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Meme Fabricates Ocasio-Cortez Firing

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wasn’t “fired” from a hot-dog franchise for “incompetence,” despite what a popular meme says.


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A   serves up a fact-free claim that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York was once fired from a

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