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WASHINGTON \u2014 Speculation is swirling over whether Democrat darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has quietly split with her longtime beau Riley Roberts \u2014 following her public announcement this week that she was freezing her eggs to feel \u201cmore in control of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The \u201cSquad\u201d star, 36 \u2014 who got engaged to Roberts in April 2022 \u2014 has been spotted in recent months without her engagement ring and it was noticeably absent in May when the pair was photographed together at a Manhattan burger joint.<\/p>\n

She also carefully chose her words when asked this week by a reporter about her choice to freeze her eggs and if her \u201cfianc\u00e9 was supportive of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of my loved ones have been very supportive,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Breakup rumors have spread among the Democrat party, with one insider speculating that they split because of her ambitions to seek higher office.<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez has been considered a frontrunner for the Democratic 2028 presidential nomination or US Senate \u2014 whichever she picks.<\/p>\n

Other Dem sources pointed out that Ocasio-Cortez hasn\u2019t worn a ring for some time and that Roberts hasn\u2019t been in the congresswoman\u2019s House financial disclosures for years, having last been listed for an August 2022 trip to Italy.<\/p>\n

The Bronx and Queens rep referred to him as a \u201c\u201d for that junket so the two could have some food and lodging expenses covered as gifts.<\/p>\n

They also appeared together at the coveted Met Gala \u2014 where she sported her infamous \u201cTax the Rich\u201d dress, which garnered significant from the House Ethics Committee . Roberts scored a free ticket to the $35,000-per-person Big Apple event because he was considered her \u201cspouse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Committee \u2018takes very seriously its obligation to provide sound and dispassionate advice to the Members of this House\u2019\u2019 and would have informed Representative Ocasio-Cortez and her counsel that Mr. Roberts did not fit the definition of a \u2018spouse\u2019 for purposes of the Charitable Events Exception,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n

Ethics investigators noted that even as Roberts was claimed as a \u201cspouse\u201d to accept gifts and privately sponsored travel, the fianc\u00e9 was not forced to disclose his financial interests to the House \u201cas is required of Members who are legally married.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts were together in 2018 when she stunningly beat out incumbent Joseph Crowley to become the youngest person ever elected to Congress and throughout her rapid ascent in the House.<\/p>\n

The famously private duo had gotten engaged during a jaunt to her family\u2019s hometown in Puerto Rico, yet had refrained from tying the knot for years. <\/p>\n

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The diehard environmentalist congresswoman had proudly sported her modest \u201czero emission\u201d engagement ring that she claimed was constructed from \u201crecycled gold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some conservative critics speculated that Ocasio-Cortez was holding off on a wedding to avoid scrutiny over Roberts\u2019 finances, as it would be subject to House disclosures after marriage. <\/p>\n

Neither Ocasio-Cortez nor Roberts returned multiple messages seeking comment.<\/p>\n

Roberts doesn\u2019t appear in any recent postings on the progressive princess\u2019 very active social media accounts, though he was featured in a 2021 Christmas post and another one a few months later.<\/p>\n

On Monday, she was posting about hitting a \u201cstrength training\u201d session at her DC gym before taking the train back to New York to get an ultrasound \u2014 with zero mention of her longtime partner.<\/p>\n

The pair had dated in college and briefly broke it off before reconnecting around 2015, according to the Daily Mail. Roberts even had an official House email address to access her calendar.<\/p>\n

In a 2018 interview with GQ, she said Roberts\u2019 race made her question whether she wanted to be in an interracial relationship \u2014 and said she believed that men only think they want to be with a successful woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moment you start being yourself, they kind of freak out,\u201d she explained. \u201cI think it causes a conflict within them that they didn\u2019t even anticipate. It\u2019s not even a deception. It\u2019s just, they uncover insecurities that they didn\u2019t know were there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But in the same interview, Ocasio-Cortez gushed over Roberts as \u201cso supportive and willing and deeply engaging.\u201d<\/p>\n

After confirming her engagement to the press in 2022, Ocasio-Cortez explained that she and Roberts were \u201ctaking some space to savor this time before diving into planning\u201d for a wedding.<\/p>\n

A Democratic operative who encountered the pair in years past described Roberts as an \u201cawkward guy as a partner for a dynamic woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever he was around at events, he never spoke,\u201d the source said. \u201cNo one thought she actually liked him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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