Ocasio-Cortez Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit After Being Sued for Blocking Critics on Twitter

Ocasio-Cortez Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit After Being Sued for Blocking Critics on Twitter
Reps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (L) and Rashida Tlaib at a House hearing in front of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, in Washington on July 12, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) faces criticism after she sought to dismiss a lawsuit for blocking users on Twitter over what it claims to be “an effort to suppress contrary views.”

The lawsuit was brought by former Democratic New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind who said in the complaint that he was blocked after he had been critical of the freshman congresswoman on multiple occasions. Ocasio-Cortez sought to dismiss the case in a court filing on Aug. 7.