New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed late Tuesday that she feared she was going to get killed in a “very close encounter” with pro-Trump rioters during last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Ocasio-Cortez, who has gained a massive following despite her burgeoning congressional career, shared details about the “traumatizing” event in an Instagram Live video posted shortly before midnight Tuesday.
“I can tell you that I had a very close encounter where I thought I was going to die,” she said, adding she couldn’t elaborate further because of security reasons. “I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive.”
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The 31-year-old congresswoman, who represents parts of Queens and the Bronx, said she wasn’t alone in fearing for her life. “It is not an exaggeration to say that many, many members of the House were nearly assassinated,” she said.
And it didn’t get better after police officers evacuated her and colleagues from both sides of the aisle to a secure part of the Capitol, she said.
“There were QAnon and white supremacist sympathizers, and frankly white supremacist members of Congress, in that extraction point who I have felt would disclose my location and would create opportunities to allow me to be hurt, kidnapped, et cetera,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
She did not name the lawmakers she feared would put her in danger. A spokeswoman for the congresswoman declined to comment.
Ocasio-Cortez’s disturbing allegations comes as other Democrats on Capitol Hill are saying that Republicans helped rioters plan last Wednesday’s attack, which left five people dead, including a police officer.
GOPUSA Editor’s Note: A lot of man hours were spent protecting AOC in the Capitol yesterday.
There are more US troops deployed on Capitol Hill now than in Iraq or Afghanistan. The 15,000 mobilized for Inauguration equals 3 times the number of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) January 13, 2021
I spotted the National Guard sleeping in the hallways of the Capitol as I walked in this morning. pic.twitter.com/PzVpQCo5yU
— Daniella Diaz (@DaniellaMicaela) January 13, 2021
Inside the Capitol this morning where Speaker Pelosi usually walks to her office. pic.twitter.com/BQIEf5b2s4
— Erin Schaff (@erinschaff) January 13, 2021
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) said in a Facebook video posted Tuesday that some of her Republican colleagues invited suspected rioters for a “reconnaissance” tour of the Capitol the day before the assault.
“I’m going to see that they’re held accountable,” Sherrill said in the video.
Sherrill, who represents parts of northern Jersey, also didn’t give names.
The FBI, which is pursuing various investigations into last Wednesday’s riot, did not return a request for comment, and neither did Capitol Police.
President Trump has faced the brunt of the blame for inciting the bloody Capitol attack, having told thousands of his supporters to march on the building and “fight like hell” to stop the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. He’s set to be impeached by the House on Wednesday for inciting the riot.
But several Trump-loyal GOP members of Congress also made inflammatory remarks ahead of the attack.
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), who spearheaded several failed challenges against Biden’s Electoral College victory during last week’s certification session, told Trump supporters at a “Stop the Steal” rally on the morning of the riot that they should prepare for a fight.
“Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass,” Brooks said.
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#1. “FACT CHECK: Trump’s call to action distorted in debate.
Nasty Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff and the entire congressional Democrats have personally and constantly fought against President Trump. The Nasty Nancy Pelosi even tore up the President’s state of the union speech on national TV in front of the President.
Reschenthaler accurately quoted a line from Trump, when the president told supporters
“I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
But throughout his remarks, Trump spoke of the need to “fight,” to be angry, to stop President-elect Joe Biden from taking office.
Fight: noun
1. a battle or combat.
2. any contest or struggle.
Did Beijing Biden fight to gain the dishonorable Democrat’s presidential nomination?
#2. The radical bimbo bartender, New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will say anything for attention.
You are so correct Scruffy. AOC and all her ilk have been in combat with the president since 2016. The Trumpster may let **** drop out of his mouth but his intentions have been noting but good for fixing our country and making it as he would say,”Great Again”.
It seems that the left has developed hate and to the extent that their blinders are on and tunnel vision exists.
Hey, on top of that, please add this little bit of logic.
1. Trump was giving his speech at a venue which was about a 30 minute walk from the Capitol buildings. The plan was to have a march from the venue to the Capitol.
2. The Capitol buildings were breached about seven minutes into Trump’s hour-plus long speech.
3. Unless the knuckleheads who broke into the Capitol buildings can teleport, or are time travelers, they were not present for and therefore did not hear Trump’s speech.
4. If they did not hear Trump’s speech, then how did that speech supposedly incite them to stage an ‘insurrection’?
…and on top of that, when Trump was finishing his speech, and was told what was happening at the Capitol buildings, he immediately called on everyone to cooperate with the Capitol Police, and leave the Capitol area.
You’re confusing the issue with the facts… in land of Libtardville that is NOT allowed!!
Facts. THE LEFT needs no stinkin facts…
OFF with your head, for daring to bring logic into the leftists whining.
Stop trying to use logic on the Democrats. Isn’t that like cheating or something?
I wouldn’t be shocked to see them call that a hate crime..
“The Capitol buildings were breached about seven minutes into Trump’s hour-plus long speech.”
To them it is completely irrelevant whether President Donald J. Trump is guilty or not, they need a scapegoat to take away their sins which causes them to live in fear that they will be held to account by people they do not have any control over.
That is what terrifies them and this is what this is all about, people they do not have control over
It is why totalitarian regimes have to beat EVERYONE down, with ever increasing regularity and intensity, they fear that without absolute control they are at risk of being held to account.
There are supposed reports that NYPD and FBI knew beforehand about preparations beforehand by several militia groups preparing for weeks to attack Capitol. Yet neither agency notified JTTF or if they did it the intel wasn’t passed on to Capitol police and Secret Service. Numerous militia members identified by the fact that they had helmets on, claw hammers, ropes and gas masks. How many Trump supporters do u know that go to rally’s with riot gearand gas masks. These libtards are behind this to silence the objections that were going to be raised regarding election fraud. After the attack when congress resumed its business the republicans that were going to present their evidence and get it on record were browbeaten into going along without voicing the 2 hours per state thst they were going to bring up and instead voiced tepid objections at best. This would have been the first time for the segment of the American public that only watches MSM to learn about election fraud that occurred in the swing states. Hence the Capitol attack and the blitzkrieg impeachment without evidence, due process etc. BLM and Antifa need to be tried under the RICO statutes which will ensnare those at the top who are funding this anarchy.
It was planned well in advance, the Capitol Police ARE HAPPILY SUBSERVIENT TO THE DEMOCRATS POWER in the house leadership.
The LEADING CHARGE INTO THE BUILDING were ALL antifa/blm.
Law Abiding Citizens are not trained to climb outside walls to , use barricades to RAM THE DOORS repeatedly until they broke open or openly threaten and assault LAW ENFORCEMENT!
MAGA clothing can be purchased/STOLEN anyplace.
The capitol police leadership was included in the planning and execution of the “assault” on the Capitol.
IMO THEY DID Know before hand. THEY JSUT WANTED it to happen, so it could all be blamed ON TRUMP and his supporters.
It was PRE-PLANNED and the TRIGGER was when the House and Senate split to discuss the ‘objection to the electoral votes from a State.
AZ was protested, they split and in 10 minutes or less the ”ASSAULT ON THE CAPITAL started and was specifically designed to strike fear in the Conservatives because IF the Capitol Building was NO LONGER SECURE, there were NO SAFE PLACES!
Immediately on re-convening, ALL PROTESTS were discarded!
That certainly, makes it SOUND LIKE IT was all organized.. BY THE LEFTISTS.
Scruffy,
While I agree with you completely, am a staunch Constitutional Fundamentalist, a fellow veteran, citizen, voter, taxpayer and MOST importantly an unconditional Trump supporter who still considers him my Commander-in-Chief, I have to call you on a point of grammar; “fight” is also a verb; I fight, you fight, he, she, it fights, we fight you(pl) fight, they fight, etc. The verb, however, does not always mean or imply a physical confrontation and can mean a discussion, campaign or attempt to do something difficult. We are on the same side of the barricade though regardless.
Stupidity has no bounds, Just look at AOC: STUPID IS, STUPID DOES, STUPIDER GETS….. THAT’S AOC!
Cortez indeed had a close encounter of the third kind,,,,,it was the close encounter with the third estate, i.e. the “common people” she claims to represent, but betrayed entirely to socialism. This socialist spaced out space cadet moon beam could have a HOUSE fall on her and she still would call it an alien invasion, even though the invaders she motivated to come for a visit were red blooded Americans legal citizens wearing red, white, and blue in a land where when the white is no longer recognized, all that is left is for the Blue to do battle with the red. Welcome to the socially redistributed nation of the Socialist Divided States of America, where tens of thousands of American troops are needed to keep the deceivers in power. Trump took over and held pwoer without a boyscout needed to protect him. Don;t blame or impeach the messenger for the violence, blame the Democrats who gave birth to the anarchy months ago in words, inactions and deeds.
Actually, from her drama-queen comments “We were almost assassinated”, I think she must have been abducted by aliens for medical testing, they removed her brain, and then forgot to put it back.
Assuming she has a brain to remove is giving this MORON/drama queen MUCH more credit than she deserves. I’ve not seen any evidence that she has anything but a vestigial BRAIN STEM that keeps her breathing and allows her to walk around, but has no capacity for rational thought.
Party of me wishes, they had SUCCEEDED in that attempt! The Alien abduction that is.. MAYBE The aliens could KEEP her!
She is Nasty Pelosi with training wheels. What a B.S. artist. She is a Grade “A” sanctimonious fraud and weasel.
and thusly, the transition from the United States to a THIRD WORLD CRAPHOLE, the “FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION” is complete.
Broadcast LIVE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD as it happened.
The reason the conniving Demmunists in the House of Representatives like this MORON/drama queen AOC were SO afraid is they KNEW they had just STOLEN a Presidential election, and feared the people were coming to make them PAY for that theft. They would not be SO afraid if they were not GUILTY.
Sorry, but you must not have gotten the memo.
ITS NEVER ever democrats fault. ITS always white/male/conservatives that are to blame.
Just ask Pelosi, AOC or the like. I am sure they will tell you.
Every Democrat member of congress appears to be a born again racist hate-mongers. Their speeches sound just like Hitler’s numerous speeches condemning Jews. Just remember all Fascist and Totalitarian regimes must have a group or race they can hate and demonize in order to be successful . In this case “THE MEDIA” and “Social Media” is the messenger. It is the sewer in which all **** flows and allows this to happen. I honestly believe they are in the minority but have the power to ban an censor the majority. That is why they are reckless and fearful of free speech.
WITH as much power as they wield, THEY CERTAINLY don’t appear to be in the minority!
Ah, the drama of Ocasio – Cortez, as she stated, that there were “white supremacist members” of Congress, that she feared would disclose her location. I think Hollywood should give Ocasio – Cortez, an Academy Award for best drama queen! Of course the communists in Hollywood would jump at the chance of giving Ocasio – Cortez an Academy award. I can hardly wait for Ocasio – Cortez’s acceptance speech.
I suspect AOC would not like to see the results of a poll of average Americans asking….”Do you care if AOC died in the disturbance?”
I would prefer “she died overnight in an unexpected RIOT BY ANTIFA AND BLM MOBS”
IMO i’d have been OK< IF THEY ALL went on to the gallows…
She is an actress after all. She answered a call to become a Rep.
I also have a hard time believing her. I bet she knew it was happening. It seems NPR knew after all.
Besides, the white supremacists are all in her party.
Lots of faux outrage, pretended fear, flamboyant overreactions. this is all so unnecessary. All the two imposters VP Pence and McConnell had to do was address the election fraud, vote no to certify- and this would have gone away. There would have been a triumphant screqm of joy and happiness and the celebration would have begun. we, the people, only want a voice, not to be ignored. if civil rights activists are respected and allowed to march, protest and storm capital buildings all over the USA, i think election fraud and its denials are a just and worthy cause. more even that anything else i can think of right now. sitting president was denied due process in voting, the election was rigged and no one wants to deal with it because it might cause riots? WELL, this is proof that NOT dealing with it will cause a civil war. these traitors to justice need to be removed. I am furious with Pense and McConnell. they should have stood for the law.
How do you think Mike Pence felt with all the chants of “KILL MIKE PENCE?” during the insurrection? He DID stand up for the law. He cares about our Constitution and refused to overturn a free and fair election. You think it was stolen because Trump’s been telling you so. He set you up to think so long before we even voted. Where’s the proof? He and Rudy can *talk* about the proof all day long. But they have nothing to actually show for it — except 59 lost court cases.
59 courts which refused to listen.
JESUSWEPT. How in the hell, did he ‘stand up for the law’?? AND HOW IN GODS name was this a free and fair election?
Sounds like you are on the wrong site. CNN needs some new blood over there.. Go take over for jake tapper.
The Definitions of fair:
1. equal representation for all its members in accordance with the rules or standards
2. without cheating or trying to achieve unjust advantage.
This presidential election was none of these by any standard.
The fundamental principle defining credible elections: they must reflect the free expression and will of the people they claim to represent. . To achieve this, elections should be transparent, inclusive, verifiable and accountable, to insure all eligible voters can participate and counted and ineligible voters can’t. All eligible voters must prove eligibility: who they are and that they are citizens of the state or city in which they are casting a ballot.
Your comment is a sick joke. What insurrection? Free? Fair? ” Free-for-all:” is more like it. There were no rules. Rules are meant to be broken or ignored if you are a Democrat. If you can’t see what a Democrat is doing you know they are cheating or encouraging fraud.
Add to that, for YEARS< the left's been literally waging a war of FALSEHOODS and outright conspired lies, to get trump out of office. BUT TRUMP and co, had THOUSANDS of signed affidavits and HOURS OF video footage, SHOWING the level of fraud the left, was involved in, in the stealing of this election.
HAD all of those judges, been WILLING TO SEE, and put into record, that evidence, i think things would have turned out a LOT Differently.
AOC is trying to fan the flames, nothing more. She has spoken of re-educating/eradicating/silencing conservatives. She and the others claiming Republicans helped recon the Capitol the day before are just trying to get those who pledged to object to the votes, impeached. Pelosi tried hard to squeeze a tear and claim her staff were huddled under a table- was it the same conference table they stole the laptop from? How were they possibly threatened? If there was a number of staff, why didn’t they push the table to barricade the door?
Hilary paid a Russian spy to come up with a fake collusion and we spent $40 million on her effort to discredit, then impeach Trump. What does not smell to high heaven here? The Dems, starting with Pelosi, Biden, Schumer, and now Harris is becoming one- masters of the lies and diversion. They have continually claimed Trump was guilty of what was their sins.
The only way AOC could die would be if someone pulled out the plug behind her left ear and let the air out.
or pulled the batteries…
As someone mentioned recently: this was the weakest insurrection/assassination plot in history.
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Another stellar performance meant to tug at the heartstrings of how this poor bar worker is beset upon unjustly by those evil conservatives who don’t understand her mission to bring failed socialism into our lives, all this after having given approval to the various groups of peaceful protesters who burned blocks of cities, endangered and killed police, destroyed businesses, many of them minority owned. Going after Latin owned businesses for being honored by the President shows she plays no favorites. Maybe she does fear for her life when she realizes what she has done, but conservatives and Republicans don’t exact revenge like the Democrats do.
She behaves as though stupid is an attribute.
More like a virtue.
To commucrats its, NOT only a virtue, but almost a requirement.
She wears the shiny badge of STUPID PROUDLY AND OPENLY FOR ALL TO SEE…
I don’t know why you would say that. She appears to be just as smart or smarter than other Democrat Congressman. Didn’t you know? You have to flunk an IQ test and finish in the lower 3rd of your class tp be able to run for office as a Democrat. In other words, “Only morons need apply.” The same goes for MSMBC and CNN. Its a contest to see who can be the stupidest, most obnoxious, most hateful and most racist bigot to get the job.
She’s playing to her base. She knows they are all idiots. She knows the IQ of her followers and “voters” are of the Forest Gump variety. Lets make it perfectly clear. The IQ of most “Blue State” voters is well below average.
ANd they’re also INSANE.. SINCE every one of them, FLEES the states, that their LIBERAL ideals already RUINED, but never LEAVE those ideas back home, they just bring them with them, TO RUIN WHAT EVER state they are welcomed into.. LIKE A BUNCH OF parasites!
“Lions, and tigers, and bears!”
Another Overreaching Communist hack.
Sensationalist nonsense.
That’s a dam n lie!! Assassinated ??? No way. Just another fake lie from socialist( communist). They may have been scared but nowhere have they said they would assassinate anyone
Except for all the calls, we’ve seen since DAY ONE of trump’s presidency, where folk have called for HIM TO get beheaded, shot, blown up etc…
ROFLMBO! Talk about bad theatrics. At NO point in time were any congress critters in danger of being assassinated. If even one member of congress had been killed…all hell would have broken loose. She damn well knows it. She is just another lunatic spouting lies.
Considering that stupidity at her level is frequently terminal, it could have been possible, but she isn’t even smart enough to be a contender for a Darwin Award.
Darwin in reverse or Devolution. Every day the Democrats prove that Darwin’s theory of evolution does not apply to them. Too bad they haven’t gone extinct.
I have zero concern for this hypocritical Bi##h, the protestations of left wing hypocrites and idiots ring a bit hollow, all’s well when the antifa goons controlled by, paid by and coddled by the left are destroying lives, businesses and killing people in the cities, but when it gets close to home, she thinks she might die. Do not for get this so called “breach” was a planed, staged and choreographed by the left, the people they claim to have been afraid of, were their own goons, this bobble headed bimbo can kiss my back side. This is political theater by politicians from both sides, all democrats and don’t forget mitch is complicit in the whole thing as well.
Mitch is too stupid for his own good. How has he managed to survive in the Senate all these years? Isn’t there one Republican that could do a better job?
He’s a great butt kisser.. IMO that’s how he’s remained.
I have to wonder. Does she realize that she’s in a lot more danger of being assaulted or killed in her own district? Her district is in a not so nice part of NYC. She depressed it with her bad lefty policies. Amazon? Not here amigo! So they’re desperate. I wouldn’t go there even on a bet.
Besides, the people that broke in are probably her friends. We’ve seen this movie before. Reichstag in the 1930s. Other countries through history with false flags.
That makes me wonder. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME she was BACK IN brooklyn?
My goodness, what a snowflake. The person who had a real risk and was shot in cold blood was Ashli Babbit. This woman put her life on the line to defend our nation in her military service and was gunned down by an as of yet unnamed person shooting with malice.
AOC had more risk of dying while working as a bartender or while walking in her neighborhood than she had on Jan. 6th.
AND i seriously doubt we’ll EVER KNOW the name of the cop, who outright MURDERED her.
Let alone see any justice done for her.
She doesn’t name names because she doesn’t have any.
Nonsense, along with all the other dems she knew exactly what was going down. You only have to look at the video of the Trump supporters gawking at their surrounding once inside to understand they were not there to hurt or damage anyone or anything.
Yet, unfortunately; you are still living and spreading your lies!
Ironic that communists like AOC only support law enforcement when THEIR lives are on the line but no thought for safety or security of others. The demonstrators, most of which were Antifa, were there only to create a false made-for-television narrative for the purpose of excusing the political assassination of Trump. Real Trump supporters obey law and order not anarchy. This should, but never will, help explain why We, the People, must retain our Second Amendment rights. My family and I are every bit as important as the elitist snowflakes who were scared of finally having to meet their minions.
“There were QAnon and white supremacist sympathizers, and frankly white supremacist members of Congress
Tell us you lying witch, exactly who are these white supremacist members of Congress ?
EVERY DEMOCRAT, regardless of SKIN COLOR supports the hard core left, and THAT is the group that CREATED THE KKK, BLM, ANTIFA and every other ;white supremacy’ group in this nation.
Oh please. She lived in New York where your life is always endanger. She is just a liar. I bet China joe handlers give her a script to read everyday. Aoc is a disgrace. An embarrassment to America if this is what coming out of our colleges. Her life? Her live is nothing. Hillary will swipe it off the face of the earth if Aoc turns on the democrats. Seems to be coming soon. Aoc is insane.
Wish you had.
ALONG with everyone else in the DNC….
“Ocasio-Cortez’s disturbing allegations comes as other Democrats on Capitol Hill are saying that Republicans helped rioters plan last Wednesday’s attack, which left five people dead, including a police officer.”
The only thing disturbing about Airhead Of the Century’s allegations is that she can, with a straight face, stand there and utter blatant lies and spread hysteria. The only ‘assassination’ that occurred there was the character assassination of conservative lawmakers.
The obvious collusion between the Democrat party and the mainstream media validates Mr. Trump’s comment that the MSM are the enemy of the people. The Leftist Dems have an “Enemies List.” I’ve started an “Enemy of the People List.” The Democrat Party, MSM, Big Tech, and Major Corporations Led by Chickens*** CEOs.
The ties that bind:
Things Democrats have in common are; They hate all “Republicans” regardless of skin color. Every one of them are rock-solid, grade- “A”, stinking liars. They are all corrupt, on-the-take grifters and con-artists. They love the Fake New spot light. And they never miss an opportunity to stoke the fires of hate and social, racial, sexual, and ethnic divisions. If there weren’t any Republicans they would invent them just to have an enemy they can demonize.
Don’t forget, THEY DESPISE anything to do with our constitution. ESPECIALLY Free will, free speech and free expression..