AOC accuses GOP operatives of bot operation in deleted ‘astroturfing’ tweet

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has deleted a tweet about so-called astroturfing — the practice of inflating support for a cause — after accusing GOP operatives of running a Twitter bot operation. In her tweet, the freshman Democrat took aim at Josh Holmes, a GOP consultant and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s former chief of staff. “If...

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