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AOC says Trump administration doesn't want women attending college

Ocasio-Cortez made the claim at an "It Shouldn't Be This Hard" town hall about a Department of Education rule limiting student loan programs; it is a quote, not a verdict.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTime for the Bonk-o-Meter.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCongresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday at a town hall that the Education Department's rule limiting student loan programs is, in her words, attacking women's ability to get an education.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh, I know this one. Rate it, Hank, rate it. I'm thinking Pretty Bonkers.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe have a process, Vera. Her argument is that the rule hits fields where women are the majority.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe outlet reporting it describes it as a partisan political story, and the full details of the rule were not in what we were given.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo it's a claim about a rule, said at a town hall. Which is basically every Thursday in Washington.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorComing up later, which reefs refuse to bleach, and for how long. Now, the rating.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDrumroll?

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSincerely Spicy, which is a political claim we cannot fully check from one quote. Rated on size, not on the person who said it.

  10. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's the exact one I was about to say.

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