Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez was not in the main Capitol building during the January 6th riots,

but her story is still the one leading the news.

Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy slams Marjorie Taylor Green but will not remove her committee assignments.

And Liz Cheney passes a test within the Republican caucus with flying colors.

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Go to expressvpn.com slash ben right now to learn more. All righty-so. So the big story of the evening last night and of the morning this morning is this whole blow-up over Alexander Ocasio-Cortez's story with regard to the January 6th riot.

So we're going to break this down in all of its aspects because some of what she's saying

is true.

Much of what the media is saying is not true.

And this really goes to how our fact-checking industry works.

Our fact-checking industry here in the information,

dissemination space, is extraordinarily corrupt, extraordinarily corrupt. And today is like a

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