CNN’s John Avlon urges Ocasio-Cortez to ‘apologize’ for ‘unacceptable’ concentration camp comparison

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CNN senior political analyst John Avlon urged Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to apologize for comparing migrant detention centers to concentration camps on the network Wednesday morning.

The debate on concentration camps began on Monday night when Ocasio-Cortez said in an Instagram Live video, “The United States is running concentration camps on our southern border, and that is exactly what they are. They are concentration camps.”

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