PolitiFact - No, this video doesn’t show Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying over Ted Cruz’s remarks

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PolitiFact - No, this video doesn’t show Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying over Ted Cruz’s remarks
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Video doesn’t show Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., crying over remarks by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, but a Facebook post claims otherwise.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaking at a lectern. On the right, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., crying and wiping her eye with a tissue.sharing the video says.

This post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. A reverse image search of the photo of Ocasio-Cortez reveals that she’s not crying over Cruz. Rather, she was by the testimony during a 2019 House Oversight Committee hearing of a Guatemalan mother describing border detention facilities.

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