Ohio man who said AOC ‘should be shot’ sentenced on weapons charges

Published March 4, 2020 7:18pm ET



A man who threatened Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a Facebook comment last summer has been sentenced.

Timothy Ireland, 42, was reported to U.S. Capitol Police in August after he wrote a comment on July 23 threatening the New York Democrat, which read: “She should be shot. Can’t fire me, my employer would load the gun for me.”

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