Ocasio-Cortez reveals Jewish heritage at Hanukkah event: 'My family was Sephardic'

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Ocasio-Cortez surprised the crowd by saying members of her family were descendants of Jews who were forced to convert and flee Spain during the Inquisition in the 15th century.