AOC parody Twitter account no longer exists, but someone has plans to resurrect it



A parody Twitter account that mocked Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York no longer exists on the social media platform.

"This account doesn't exist," a message says of the @AOCpress Twitter account.

Earlier this week, the congresswoman had tweeted that there was an account impersonating her. "FYI there’s a fake account on here impersonating me and going viral. The Twitter CEO has engaged it, boosting visibility. It is releasing false policy statements and gaining spread. I am assessing with my team how to move forward. In the meantime, be careful of what you see," she tweeted. Ocasio-Cortez has served as a House lawmaker since 2019.

The person behind the popular Catturd Twitter account has claimed that he intends to resurrect the Ocasio-Cortez parody account.

"FYI ... If you listen to my podcast, you know I wrote many tweets for the @AOCpress parody account. However, I didn't own or run the account," he tweeted. "Tune in to our podcast at inthelitterbox.com and I'll explain what happened and my plans to bring the account back myself, like literally."

Twitter owner Elon Musk responded by expressing his hope that the account would be revived. "I hope it does come back. Was super funny," he tweeted.

\u201c@catturd2 @AOCpress I hope it does come back. Was super funny \ud83e\udd23\u201d
— Catturd \u2122 (@Catturd \u2122) 1685728088

While the account is no longer available Twitter, archived versions of it can be viewed on web.archive.org. One of the tweets that had been posted on the account read, "Printing money is the only way out of inflation."

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NBC News tries to rescue AOC from parody account by blaming Elon Musk — then buries the truth



NBC News published a story on Wednesday blaming Elon Musk for the amplification of a parody account on Twitter that mocks Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

As TheBlaze reported, the New York Democrat is upset that a verified parody account — @AOCPress — is (potentially) misleading her supporters with viral tweets mocking her.

"FYI there’s a fake account on here impersonating me and going viral. The Twitter CEO has engaged it, boosting visibility. It is releasing false policy statements and gaining spread," Ocasio-Cortez complained on Tuesday. "I am assessing with my team how to move forward."

NBC News regurgitated Ocasio-Cortez's narrative about the parody account by claiming it "has skyrocketed in followers and engagement over the last two days, with some help from Elon Musk."

\u201cA Twitter account mocking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has skyrocketed in followers and engagement over the last two days, with some help from Elon Musk. https://t.co/nClmkR8jf5\u201d
— NBC News (@NBC News) 1685574025

Not only does the story claim that interaction from Musk increased the parody account's visibility, but the outlet reported, "The account is fooling some of the people who read its tweets — bringing to life some of the fears about Musk’s paid verification system that stripped legacy verified users of their blue check marks."

But the truth — as the story itself explained — is the parody account actually received more attention after Ocasio-Cortez's tweet complaining about it than when Musk first interacted with it.

According to Social Blade, a social media analytics tracker, the Ocasio-Cortez parody account had 85,000 followers in May 2019, the month it was suspended for impersonating the congresswoman. After the account’s restoration in May 2023, it immediately lost over 16,000 followers. Then, the account shot back up to over 80,000 followers on May 29, after Musk replied to it. On May 30, the day Ocasio-Cortez responded to the account, it gained over 100,000 followers.

At the time of NBC News' publication, the account had 292,000 followers. Now, it has more than 375,000 — meaning Ocasio-Cortez herself helped the account more than double its followers.

Certainly, NBC News is helping to bring even more attention to the account by sharing it to its audience of tens of millions of people.

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