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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Oh cry me a river. This drama queen takes every opportunity she can to take things to extreme. Don’t you think some people have had it up to their wherever with her nonsense? I know I have. That voice is like that lousy piece of chalk that squeaks as it is used, or the rake dragging across a sidewalk. She and Hillary make quite a pair. Why hasn’t she been banned for all the false, deceptive, and irrational comments she makes? Oh, she is a democrat, I forgot, silly me.
Another drama queen!
I especially had to laugh at her comment of “THERE WERE ADULT CHILDREN in the building”..
What the hell are adult children??
Can this IDIOT drama queen get any MORE histrionic? I have no doubt she COULD, if she tried. SMH. This statement is SO ridiculous that only OTHER Millennial MORONS just like her would believe it!
Damn it. Millions of Americans would not give a damn if aoc, waters, peelowsee, shoe-mer and other dumbocrats “got what they deserved. And that is a fact, considering from what I have heard and read.
IF they ever DID get what they deserve, WE’d actually CELEBRATE..
For 4 years now all the Democrats have done is scream about how dangerous President Trump is to the safety of the Country and it’s citizens. Yet they say “NO” to having the National Guard present during one of the largest rallies in D.C. to date? Please. We are not that stupid. And I would bet we will never know the name of the shooter of Ashli who the Democrats consider a non-person at the point.
We may not be that stupid. But we do have to shut up and take it. We have no power in Washington or the MEDIA our fearless leaders like Paul Ryan, the “War Hero” John McCain and Mitt Romney, and William Barr have seen to that. In the end Trump had no friends in the Republican Party. Most of them quickly abandon him once they were certain he was losing the election.
AND they can take it to the bank, WE SEE THEM not as friends, but ENEMIES, just like the commucrats are.
This is hilarious. This is the woman (oops, can I call her that? them that?) who was scared of a garbage disposal. And thought the people in “cages” at the border were drinking from the toilet. She’s a MORON folks!
“Almost assassinated” ? That would have been by BLM and AntiFA.
But, let’s see the wound! The fact is, you weren’t even targeted for a specific insult. Try playing softball in D.C..
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Historically, conservatives rarely assassinate leftists…Other LEFTISTS do.
Well, let’s look at the facts.
Assassinated – Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinnley. ALL three republicans. the ONLY Dem who was, was kennedy.
Almost killed – Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt. BOTH republicans.
Certainly seems to me, that it’s NOT liberals/democrats that need to fear conservatives.. BUT CONSERVATIVES who need to fear liberals!
***** C and the “Squad” is the ugly face of Fascism presented to American. The men/women pulling the levers of political strife are hiding behind the curtain of Wall Street, Corporate American and the dream of a Globalist Society controlled by themselves. They are the people that are funding this tyranny and take over of America.
It seems to me the Capitol Policed and FBI may be complicit in the breech of the Capitol building. I wouldn’t put it past them. They can’t be trusted. It wouldn’t be the first time. I do believe they wanted it to happen. They wanted an incident “THE MEDIA” could use to tar and feather the rally with.
I certainly wouldn’t be shocked, to find they were behind this either… CAUSE TO ME< it's rather telling, that ALREADY THey've made 100+ arrests, and are closing in on 200 others… WHEN EVEN NOW< we've still not seen that many charges vs ALL THOSE hundreds of thousands of BLM/ANTIFA members who rioted etc..
Here’s news of AOC: Almost counts in horseshoes and hand grenades – neither of which were used in the riot.
AOC is a prime example of “stupid is as stupid does”
PITY the scotus, ruled you can’t put IQ tests, as a requirement to vote, or to run for office, in place…
AOC is just about the dumbest twit ever born. Problem is there are so many twits in Congress, the media and running tech it’s really hard to rank them anymore. America is on the fast t
rack to Hell!
Now she may comprehend how all those business owner felt when the establishments were looted and destroyed as some tried to defend there life’s saving and business dreams.
AOC Throws out $175,000 a Year Jobs => for $15 an Hour Part time Coffee Jobs
and Her District then overwhelmingly re-elects Her. They Deserve each other.
Antifa and BLM infiltrated the crowd and worked their way to the front of the crowd. They were the first ones to enter the building. They were carrying clubs made from broken chairs, and used those clubs to break the windows. A video from Antifa showed them gathering in a building before the attack. They were told to get a MAGA hat and make sure to wear it. They were told to grab a Trump sign and a Trump flag off of a lawn and carry them into the Capitol. The Bozo interviewed by CNN was an organizer for BLM and Antifa and wore a hat with a Trump sticker on the front. He had a meeting across from the Capitol before the attack where he was preaching revolution and exciting the crowd to violence. The CNN reporter was in the Capitol with the Bozo after they broke in and she was celebrating with him, and shouted to him, “We did it!” with a smile on her face.
If AOC was in any danger, it was from the Antifa and BLM terrorists. I would bet that AOC and the Democrats knew about it before it happened.
Does the woman even know the definition of assassinated? She is the poster girl for mandatory IQ tests for public officials.
The only one who was assassinated was Ashli Babbit – Say her name AOC.
One can dream, AOC.