Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attacked on Twitter for constitutional mistake—but was she actually right?

She said the Constitution had to be amended to stop Roosevelt from being reelected. Some Twitter users disagreed.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been lambasted on Twitter and in the media for confusing the facts while waxing lyrical about the Democratic golden age of the 1930s and 1940s—but was she actually right?

The New York congresswoman’s comments divided Twitter users, with detractors accusing her of fiddling with the facts around the 22nd Amendment and the fourth term served by 32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt."They had to amend the Constitution of the United States to make sure Roosevelt dd not get reelected.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the 2019 Athena Film Festival at Barnard College in New York CIty on March 3. Lars Niki/Getty Images for The Athena Film Festival

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