Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Tuesday night recalled the “traumatizing” experience of witnessing the deadly insurrection of the Capitol in real time.
She … like many of us … need to arm ourselves against right wing threats. We can’t just sit around and accept what they want to impose on us. Especially a target like her. I feel for her and hope she can keep up the good fight.
And what do you know that we don’t? Were you there? They beat a cop to death but you think they would’ve held back if AOC was within sight? None of us know exactly what happened but I think I will give her the benefit of the doubt. Jesus.
From just the videos we’ve seen so far, lawmakers and insurrectionists came very close to contact. Given the multiple break-in points, entirely possible that some came into much closer quarters during the evacuation.
Reps Maloney and that jerk from OK (Markwayne something) can be seen in the video where that woman was shot trying to break into the House Chamber. They were seconds from being overrun and I’m sure AOC was at the top of their target list.
I’m sure there are plenty of Dems who find AOC annoying, but I doubt any of them are evil enough to point the mob in her direction. I’m confident Greene, Boebert, Gosar, and others would, if they thought they could get away with it.
That’s overblown. All she tweeted was that the Speaker was taken out of the chamber. Any number of reporters said the same. If she had tweeted that Pelosi was barricaded in her conference room, that would be something different.