'Not exactly Alexandria from the Bronx': 'The Five' ridicules AOC's fake southern accent
The Five panel criticizes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's use of a "fake Southern accent" at a Memphis rally for Justin Pearson, sparking debate about her political authenticity and policy prowess. Commentators question her ability to handle unscripted debates, highlighting past instances where her policy proposals lacked substance, like the Amazon HQ2 controversy in Long Island City.Rep. , D-N.Y., warned Friday of "racial terror" and "widespread modern-day lynchings" in the U.S. as she joined dozens of Democrats demanding that the investigate hanging deaths of Black Americans.
Multiple official findings in several recent cases show that law enforcement or medical examiners ruled the deaths suicides, while at least one very recent death remains under a .
AOC alleges there is systemic racial bias at the agencies, while fellow progressive lawmaker Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., called the hangings a "national crisis" in a letter to the agencies that she spearheaded.
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"This year, there have already been 10 reported hangings of Black people in the U.S. I’ m proud to have signed onto Rep. Pressley’s letter to address these widespread modern-day lynchings and put a stop to this racial terror," Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X in support of the call.
Pressley warned in her letter that "Black folks are being found hanged in America" and insisted: "We cannot stand by while strange fruit hangs from trees across the country. "
The letter, addressed to Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director , was signed by Pressley, Ocasio-Cortez and about 50 Democrats. They demanded a "thorough, transparent, and comprehensive federal investigation into every hanging death of a Black individual across the United States," arguing that federal agencies have failed for decades to adequately investigate such deaths.
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One 2026 case involved the death of a 21-year-old Atlanta man who had gone missing. He was later found hanging from a tree in a Cobb County park, where officials ruled out foul play and deemed the death a suicide, .
Another 2026 case involved Delta State University student Demartravion Reed in Mississippi. Officials "determined the cause of death to be a hanging and the manner of death as suicide. "
At the time, the case reopened old memories of the murder of , according to reports. Till was a Black teen kidnapped and murdered by White men not far from the site after he was falsely accused of flirting with a White woman in 1955.
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"The Albany Police Department is aware of concerns posted on social media suggesting that criminal activity was involved with this incident, which has understandably caused public concern," the department said.
A preliminary investigation of the Wisconsin man’s death also indicated suicide, according to Brookfield’s police chief cited .
At least one case remains under homicide investigation, according to reports.
Tasia Fortune was found hanging outside an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi, CNN reported Thursday. Authorities later questioned Terence Bernard Anderson, the father of one of her children, and arrested him on unrelated weapons charges, .
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"Those community notes are stacking up," one critic said, as X’s crowdsourced correction indicator included several wire reports and media links disputing Ocasio-Cortez’ claims.
"There should be some sort of penalty for willfully lying on social media, especially for a politician," another claimed.
Former Energy Department official Matt Van Swol posted to X, "In the last ‘lynching’ of a Black woman, the media conveniently left out the prime suspect in the case was her Black boyfriend. Zero White people are lynching Black people in America today. "
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Former Senate staffer Matt Whitlock added that "every death is a tragedy, but what do you think ‘widespread’ means if only one of these was actually a homicide. Not sure you’ve landed the point about ‘racial terror’ with this. "
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Fox News Digital reached out to Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, the DOJ and the FBI for comment.