Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has in recent days recounted her “horrifying experience” during the Capitol insurrection on January 6th. Fresh details provided by AOC during an Instagram Live video this week included the New York congresswoman recalling that she thought she was going to die (she has previously blamed Ted Cruz for that). AOC also has said a Capitol Police officer came to her office to make sure things were OK, but she was fearful after sensing a certain “hostility.”
New reports are saying that, yes, AOC was in her office, but that office is in a building that wasn’t breached:
JUST IN: AOC was not in the U.S. Capitol building during her “near death” experience. She claims to have been in her office, which is located in the Cannon Building.
Rioters did not breach the Cannon Building.
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 3, 2021
AOC responded this way:
This is the latest manipulative take on the right.
They are manipulating the fact that most people don’t know the layout the Capitol complex.
We were all on the Capitol complex – the attack wasn’t just on the dome.
The bombs Trump supporters planted surrounded our offices too. pic.twitter.com/jI18e0XRrd
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 3, 2021
People were trying to rush and infiltrate our office buildings – that’s why we had to get evacuated in the first place.
The attempts of attackers & publicly available communications show how they tried to gain access and share location info on finding members for physical harm.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 3, 2021
It is also very damning and revealing that the GOP is now digging both heels in a discrediting campaign.
It’s because they know they are implicated, so they’re pivoting to (again) the classic abuse playbook of “it’s not as bad as they say.”
It was that bad. It’s actually worse.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 3, 2021
Ellen Carmichael has worked on Capitol Hill and had this to say:
Pretty obvious for anyone who has worked on the Hill. https://t.co/lhNOzD1z8k
— Ellen Carmichael (@ellencarmichael) February 3, 2021
Complex is connected by underground tunnels. I’m not going to say it wasn’t a scary experience – I was scared to death for my friends working on Hill – but the idea she was especially targeted and interacted with people who wanted her dead would require them to… breach Cannon.
— Ellen Carmichael (@ellencarmichael) February 3, 2021
Maybe, as AOC said, understanding the layout might help a little:
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 3, 2021
maps cut through the bullshit. pic.twitter.com/Mv2qLcMlHs
— yeeted71 (@yeeted71) February 3, 2021
10/ UPDATE: @AOC now admits she was not in the Capitol when the protesters entered the building. She was in the Cannon Building where her office is located, about a six-minute walk from the Capitol Building. CHP stopped by her office to do a welfare check.https://t.co/TGInJKYESz pic.twitter.com/M6LiTAqlaH
— @amuse (@amuse) February 3, 2021
It seems to be quite a stretch to claim that she was “in the Capitol” during the riot:…
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