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Published: January 14, 2021

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Congress now needs to ‘rein in’ pro-Trump media after Capitol riot

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January 14, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) stated that some Congress members are discussing the need to create an investigative commission to “rein in” media sources that she said “spew disinformation and misinformation” that played a part in the January 6 storming of the Capitol building.

“There’s absolutely a commission that is being discussed, but it seems to be more investigatory in style rather than in truth and reconciliation,” Ocasio-Cortez said during a lengthy Instagram Live video on January 12 that was posted to Twitter by Tom Elliot.

“I do think that several members of Congress, in some of my discussions, have brought up media literacy because that is a part of what happened here,” she continued.

“And, we’re going to have to figure out how we reign in our media environment so that you can’t just spew disinformation and misinformation. It’s one thing to have differing opinions, but it’s another thing entirely to just say things that are false. And so, that’s something we’re looking into,” she added.

It remains unclear how such a committee to

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