Allegations Against AOC’s Brother False No Fentanyl Charges | EUROtoday

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) brother took to TikTok to make clear a rumor that he was charged for trafficking fentanyl.

On Tuesday, Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez duetted a TikTok that claimed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s brother is a person named Matthew and that he was charged with trafficking fentanyl.

“I’m the brother,” Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez mentioned in his TikTok. “My name’s not Matthew. I have no idea why they’re posting this. I work with the homeless. I have nothing to do with this story, which isn’t real. Please find something better to do with your time.”

The rumor got here from a social media submit that falsely claimed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s brother was in possession of $1.2 million value of fentanyl, in line with Snopes. A satirical information website posted a complete article devoted to the made-up story.

In a follow-up TikTok submit, Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez expressed how harmful the false rumors are, saying that if 1 million individuals noticed the submit and just one% believed it, that’s nonetheless 10,000 individuals.

“That’s all it takes to start to get somebody that’s a little bit radicalized, somebody that’s willing to pick up their guns and go do something,” he mentioned. “And it wouldn’t be the first time somebody’s tried. That’s the society that we’re in, so things like this are just more serious than ever, and you can’t slander people.”

According to Business Insider, Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez was the one who submitted his sister’s identify to Brand New Congress, a corporation that recruited progressive candidates for Congress.