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Honestly, I haven't seen any evidence that it was actually them, except that they claimed it was them.

Reminds me of Osama Bin Laden taking credit for 9/11...

If you actually wanted this to have an effect, you wouldn't admit it wasn't real. You'd let it be a question, and force AOC to address it.
By blaming a patsy, she gets off the hook for not denouncing, and the narrative is now "This PAC bad."