(CNN) Democratic congressional nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a message for a critic who incorrectly attacked her background: "Try Google."

The 28-year-old Democratic socialist came away with a remarkable Democratic primary victory in New York's 14th Congressional District last week, and has since been defending herself against critics from across the political spectrum on Twitter.

One of the latest remarks came from John Cardillo, the host of Newsmax TV's "America Talks Live," who tweeted a picture of Ocasio-Cortez's childhood home and implied that she has been misrepresenting her background as a working-class woman from the Bronx

"This is the Yorktown Heights (very nice area) home @Ocasio2018 grew up in before going off to Ivy League Brown University. A far cry from the Bronx hood upbringing she's selling," Cardillo tweeted.

This is the Yorktown Heights (very nice area) home @Ocasio2018 grew up in before going off to Ivy League Brown University.



A far cry from the Bronx hood upbringing she's selling. pic.twitter.com/xyOtZzVJII — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) July 1, 2018

But Ocasio-Cortez stepped in to set the record straight. She didn't go to Brown or any other Ivy League school -- she went to Boston University in Massachusetts, where she earned degrees in economics and international relations. Ocasio-Cortez suggested Cardillo "try Google."

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