Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) responded to pregnancy rumors, stating that she is “not pregnant” and had just eaten “a lot of food at Thanksgiving.”
“Everyone keeps asking me if I’m pregnant,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an Instagram story in response to a question asking if she was pregnant. “Actually, a member, a Republican, came to me on the floor this week and asked me if I was pregnant. I’m not pregnant guys, I had a lot of food at Thanksgiving. Okay? It happens.”
Ocasio-Cortez’s response comes as people such as conservative activist Laura Loomer had previously suggested that Ocasio-Cortez might be pregnant in response to photos or videos of Ocasio-Cortez apparently “glowing.”
“Hey @AOC,” Loomer wrote in a post on X after the presidential election. “The election is over. You can come out and finally admit you’re pregnant. Or are you…
