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United States - June 17, 2019: Speaking by livestream, New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refers to U.S. immigration detention centers as “concentration camps.” The next day, she clarifies her position with a tweet, explaining: “This administration has established concentration camps on the southern border of the United States for immigrants, where they are being brutalized with dehumanizing conditions and dying. This is not hyperbole. It is the conclusion of expert analysis.” A mass media firestorm ensues. Republican politicians, notably Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney, accuse Ocasio-Cortez of “demeaning” the memory of the Ashkenazi Jews who perished in Nazi death camps. The