# AOC Pins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aoc-pins/829074>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 6, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aoc-pins/829074 "2019-02-06T17:57:32Z")\
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What pins was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wearing on her jacket during the SOTU?

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[The first pin she wore showed her support for the Working Families Party. Her second, and most notable, pin was a image of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin, the Guatemalan migrant girl who died in US Custody “after she and her father were apprehended while illegally crossing the US-Mexico border into a remote area of the desert in New Mexico.” Her third pin shared the quote, “Well behaved women rarely make history.”](https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2019/02/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-wore-three-signaficant-pins-to-trumps-state-of-the-union/23663069/)