Jake Tapper asks AOC if detention centers under Obama were ‘concentration camps’

By Julio Rosas

Published June 27, 2019 9:32pm ET

Jake Tapper asks AOC if detention centers under Obama were ‘concentration camps’ — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference with Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to call for legislation to cancel all student debt, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 24, 2019. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about her recent comments comparing migrant detention centers to concentration camps and how there has been backlash.

Last week, we called the concentration camps at the border for what they are.

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