Does a real image show Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York in a revealing sports bra? No, that's not true: The image is a manipulated screenshot from a video posted to her Instagram account, digitally altered to make the sports bra appear more revealing than it actually is. In the original video, Ocasio-Cortez is wearing a high-neck, full-coverage sports bra.
The claim appeared in a post and image (archived here) by the @Czar_Of_Silly account on X on Aug. 12, 2026. It read:
How'd you get in there little guy
This is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: post by @Czar_Of_Silly on X.)
Original vs. manipulated
The manipulated screenshot can be seen 66 seconds into AOC's video. The images appear side by side below:
(Image sources: post by @aoc on Instagram and post by @Czar_Of_Silly on X.)
The red box indicates approximately where the original screenshot was cropped.
