{"id":1484657,"date":"2022-05-19T15:46:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T19:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1484657"},"modified":"2022-05-19T15:46:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T19:46:33","slug":"alexandria-ocasio-cortez-confirms-engagement-to-long-time-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-confirms-engagement-to-long-time-boyfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Confirms Engagement To Long-Time Boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falexandria-ocasio-cortez-confirms-engagement-to-long-time-boyfriend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1484657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirmed her engagement to long-time boyfriend Riley Roberts Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The couple got engaged in her family\u2019s hometown in Puerto Rico last month, the representative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/aoc-engagement-confirmed-boyfriend-name-riley-roberts-2022-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Business Insider. The couple is \u201ctaking some space to savor\u201d the engagement before establishing any wedding plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYep! It\u2019s true,\u201d she said, according to Insider. \u201cWe got engaged last month in my family\u2019s hometown in Puerto Rico. \u2026 No future details yet, we\u2019re taking some space to savor this time before diving into planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two met at Boston University\u2019s student town-hall titled \u201cBU\u2019s Coffee &#038; Conversations\u201d where the two both attended as students, Insider reported. The two broke up after graduation but rekindled their relationship after Roberts moved back to New York from Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Photographer for The Hill, Greg Nash, spotted a ring on the congresswoman\u2019s hand earlier Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AOC engaged to longtime boyfriend Riley Roberts \u2014> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gbmzPIdHlI\">https:\/\/t.co\/gbmzPIdHlI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KK4kQLuQFJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/KK4kQLuQFJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emily Brooks (@emilybrooksnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilybrooksnews\/status\/1527357887806263311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Roberts had refrained from the public eye for the most part, but made an appearance in the documentary \u201cKnock Down the House\u201d detailing the representative\u2019s primary campaign, according to Insider. He became the subject of attention in late December after he and Ocasio-Cortez were spotted in Florida during New York\u2019s uptick in COVID-19 cases. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/31\/aoc-republicans-criticize-because-deranged-sexual-frustrations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: AOC Claims Republicans Criticize Her Because Of \u2018Deranged Sexual Frustrations\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A photograph circulated across social media of the couple drinking cocktails in Miami Beach, prompting former Trump campaign adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CortesSteve\/status\/1476913054587797507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1476913054587797507%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2022%2F01%2F05%2Faoc-republicans-foot-fetish-florida%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Cortes<\/a> to criticize <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/29\/elon-musk-trolls-aoc-whining-twitter-buyout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> for escaping her own state\u2019s COVID-19 protocols and mocked Roberts for showing his \u201cgross pale male feet\u201d in his Birkenstocks sandals.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/05\/aoc-republicans-foot-fetish-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accused<\/a> Republicans of developing an \u201cobsession\u201d with Roberts\u2019 feet in a Jan. 5 Instagram story, angling the camera at his feet while they walked inside a parking garage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we recently went to Florida where Republicans developed an obsession with Riley\u2019s feet,\u201d she said, angling the camera down toward Riley Roberts\u2019 feet. \u201cSo, give the people what they want!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirmed her engagement to long-time boyfriend Riley Roberts Thursday.The couple got engaged in her family\u2019s hometown in Puerto Rico last month, the representative told<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":1484675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1484657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1484657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1484675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1484657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1484657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}