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Friday, Aug. 13, 2021

Was Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez photographed wearing $3,900 sunglasses?

Christiana Dillard, Lead Stories
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A social media post about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez showed her wearing nice-looking sunglasses. But were they $3,900 worth of nice? 

A clue was that the post came from The United Spot, which calls itself a "Satire Page." 

The sunglasses are Ray-Bans. This particular pair sells for $176. 

So not from a drugstore. But not Kardashian-worthy either.  

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