There were rumors that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s longtime boyfriend Riley Roberts had gone from boyfriend to fiancé, and Ocasio-Cortez has now confirmed that he did! Tweeting with Business Insider, she said that they “got engaged last month in my family’s hometown in Puerto Rico.” While wedding bells may be ready to ring, it won’t be right away. Instead of rushing into choosing a venue, a dress, a cake, and more, Ocasio-Cortez said “we’re taking some space to savor this time.”
Congratulations have flooded in on Twitter, including from her Democratic House colleague Jamie Raskin. And in anticipation of the right’s potential uproar over the ring choice, one person tweeted “Your ring gotta be made of tinfoil otherwise the right’s gonna flip.” Then we got a little hint about the ring the world has yet to see when Ocasio-Cortez replied “Close! It’s zero emission and recycled gold”.
Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts met in college at a weekly Boston University student town-hall and started dating, though they split up when they finished college and Roberts went back home to Arizona, per Insider. They ended up getting back together and Roberts moved to New York City to be with her. Congrats to the happy couple!
