Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweet that businesses should stay closed until the November elections?

AOC is saying the screenshot was faked:

@AOC: I usually don’t tweet to correct fake posts about me bc the right circulates so many, but needless to say the alleged “deleted” reopening tweet people are saying I wrote is a photoshopped fake being circulated by Republicans.

They tell lies because the truth isn’t on their side.

She quote tweets another user explaining how to use Politwoops to determine if a politician’s quote was deleted:

@annalecta: This US House candidate's screenshot of a tweet appearing to be @AOC urging restrictions on businesses until 2020 elections is FAKE.

@propublica's Politwoops database of deleted tweets by politicians is a good way to check before spreading misinformation: https://projects.propublica.org/politwoops/user/AOC

Polititweet.com has no references to any tweet matching the screenshot from 20 May 2020, nor any tweets from Rep. Ocasio-Cortez that mention the hashtag #KeepUsClosed.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's Twitter account is archived (alongside the archives of a number of other politicians) on PolitiTweet, a website that describes itself on its homepage

PolitiTweet helps keep the powerful accountable by monitoring celebrities, politicians, and public figures for silent retractions and deleted tweets.

The archive of her page from around 20 May shows only two tweets on the day, both re-tweets of @Nightline.

RT @Nightline: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on whether or not enough has been done to help protect essential workers - those most vulnerab…

RT @Nightline: An exclusive interview with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC. Her take on the pandemic’s impact on African-American and La…

A search of the hashtag #KeepUsClosed on Polititweet returns 0 results.

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Furthermore, it is extremely trivial to edit tweets using basic developer tools to make any public figure say whatever you want.