Overview
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described herself as a “Bronx girl” during a June 24 Twitter exchange with President Trump after calling for his impeachment over airstrikes on Iran.
- President Trump fired back on social media by calling her one of the dumbest people in Congress.
- On June 25, Assemblyman Matt Slater posted a yearbook photo showing Ocasio-Cortez as a freshman at suburban Yorktown High School, where she graduated in 2007.
- Public records show Ocasio-Cortez moved to Yorktown Heights at age five, joining a community with a median household income above $138,000.
- Ocasio-Cortez has defended her Bronx narrative by citing the zip-code disparities she observed after relocating to Westchester County.