“Squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is trying to cash in on the tense clash between leftist protesters and ICE in Portland with a fundraising appeal accusing President Trump of dispatching troops based on flimsy “propaganda” and years-old video.

The Oct. 6 email blast to her followers says that “a huge part” of the administration’s campaign to send National Guard and federal forces to Chicago and Portland is “based on propaganda and also creating propaganda.”

“Some of it is just misinformation, it’s people just not knowing that that’s not true and amplifying it,” she claims in her missive.

That was quickly followed by an appeal for contributions ranging from $5 to $1,000. The Democratic Socialist ended her missive: “in solidarity.”

Trump has described Portland as “war ravaged”

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