Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., says she feared for her life as a violent mob stormed the Capitol building last week.
In a lengthy Instagram Live video Tuesday night, Ocasio-Cortez said that she had a “very close encounter,” during which she thought she “was going to die.” She didn’t elaborate on the details, but cited security concerns.
“I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive, and not just in a general sense but also in a very, very specific sense,” the congresswoman said during the hour-long live stream, calling the encounter during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol “traumatizing.”
Ocasio-Cortez said it is “not an exaggeration” to say that many members of the House were “nearly assassinated.”… (Read more)
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