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A video shared on Facebook purportedly shows Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pouring shots in a bar days before testing positive for COVID-19. Verdict: False The video was taken in October 2021 at a bar in Buffalo. Ocasio-Cortez announced her positive COVID-19 test result in early January. Fact Check: Ocasio-Cortez’s office posted an announcement through her congressional Twitter account Jan. 9 stating she had tested positive for COVID-19. The congresswoman posted an update to Instagram Jan. 15, announcing that she had recovered and would be wrapping up quarantine. A video shared on Facebook features Ocasio-Cortez pouring drinks for a crowd at a bar without a mask. The caption of the video reads, Ocasio Pouring Drinks In A Bar Days Before Testing Positive Of The Virus. (RELATED: Does Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitter Video Show A Fracking Site Releasing Toxic Emissions?) The video predates her bout with COVID-19. A reverse image search revealed it first appeared in October 2021 on the Instagram account of the Jack Rabbit Bar in Buffalo, New York. @aoc absolutely handling the bar at tonight’s @indiawaltonforbuffalo party at @jackrabbitbuffalo! reads the video’s caption. The post is clearly dated to Oct. 24, 2021, months before the congresswoman contracted COVID-19. Ocasio-Cortez was in Buffalo to participate in an Oct. 23 rally for Democratic Buffalo mayoral candidate India B. Walton, according to The Buffalo News . The event, which included former gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, focused on encouraging supporters of Walton to partake in the state’s early voting period. Check Your Fact previously debunked a fabricated tweet in January that was made to look like Ocasio-Cortez blamed Republicans, climate change and racism for her positive COVID-19 test.
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