Ocasio-Cortez urges caution to media ahead of Trump’s Thursday speech about elections

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) urged caution to the media over President Trump’s upcoming speech about election integrity.

“I don’t think that we should be contributing to any platforming of lies about our election,” Ocasio-Cortez told journalist Pablo Manríquez in a clip posted to the social platform X Tuesday afternoon. “Many news outlets oftentimes may receive transcripts, and I think that we have an ethical obligation to not air things that undermine our election that are not rooted in evidence and fact.”

“And so, you know, of course, it depends on the contents of this speech, but that’s my take on it,” she added.

Trump has teased what he has said will be “big news” in his primetime address Thursday, saying to reporters the speech is going to be about voting machines and election integrity, as well as other topics.

“It will concern that subject and we’ll have a couple of other things to say also,” Trump said Tuesday.

“It’s really big news. It’s really, really big news, and our country has to shape up,” he continued. “What we’re going to talk about Thursday, it doesn’t get bigger because without free and fair elections, you don’t have a country.”

On Monday, reports surfaced that Trump’s speech will surround recently declassified intelligence on investigations into the U.S.’s elections and what his administration is calling weaknesses in voting machines.

The president has repeatedly brought up unfounded claims that there was expansive voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, in which he lost to former President Biden.

The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.

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