Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Did Not Introduce a 10 Tax Bill for White People

12th April 2022

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Did Not Introduce a 10 Tax Bill for White People

There is no evidence that the congresswoman proposed the alleged bill (Getty).

The Claim

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has recently proposed a piece of legislation that would introduce a 10% tax on white people.

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Emerging story

Social media users shared a photo claiming that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proposed legislation in Congress that would impose a 10% tax on white people.

The text on the image reads: “AOC proposed a bill to add a 10% tax for white people.”

As the claim sparked, many users expressed their surprise and outrage.

So I hear AOC wants to charge white people a 10% tax?!? 😳😡😡😡
— Senior Chief (@MrAGanger) April 8, 2022

I heard today that AOC wants to tax white people 10% for being white pic.twitter.com/7DS2Z7rwh3
— April Borba (@april_borba) April 8, 2022

Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar has investigated the claim and found it to be fake. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has not proposed a bill that would impose a 10% tax on white people.

Using keywords on Google, our team was unable to trace any credible sources or relevant news articles stating that the congresswoman had proposed a bill that would impose a 10% tax on white people.

After checking out the pieces of legislation sponsored by Ocasio-Cortez on the Congress website, we did not find such a resolution adding a 10% tax for white people. The congresswoman’s website also did not show anything about a new bill for white people.

The news about AOC proposing a new bill introducing a 10% tax on white people turned out to be a meme, first posted by a Twitter user who describes himself as "The meme king."