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PoliticAverse

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Thu Mar 5, 2020, 01:58 PM Mar 2020

Man who made online threat to Ocasio-Cortez sentenced

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man accused of making an online threat to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been sentenced to time served on a weapons charge.

Timothy Ireland, 42, of Toledo, was arrested in August after U.S. Capitol Police received a tip that he made a Facebook post saying Ocasio-Cortez "should be shot." When a special agent called Ireland, he admitted posting the statement about the New York Democrat and said he was very proud of it.

Read the rest at: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-aoc-threats-20200304-6a34yspz7ngx7dqwezau2ckbgm-story.html
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Man who made online threat to Ocasio-Cortez sentenced (Original Post) PoliticAverse Mar 2020 OP
oh an here is your gun back... mikeysnot Mar 2020 #1
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