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Kelly McClure

AOC sued for blocking man on Twitter

A comedian named Alex Stein filed a lawsuit against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Wednesday claiming that her blocking him on Twitter violates his constitutional rights.

The incident that led to AOC blocking Stein took place last summer when he yelled out to her outside the U.S. Capitol calling her a "big booty Latina."

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