AOC blasted for exaggerating her ‘trauma’ from Capitol riot experience https://nypost.com/2021/02/04/aoc-blasted-for-exaggerating-capitol-riot-experience/ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being dubbed “Alexandria Ocasio-Smollett” as details emerge that she exaggerated the extent of her “trauma” from the Capitol riot, given that she was not at the site of the siege, but in an office building nearby.
it'd behoove you to stop parroting convenient baseless claim. i was watching the riot / siege on TV, 3,000 miles away from the Capitol; i was traumatized !
I really hope this is not true, she already had enough clout. I can understand her being afraid they were coming for her but if she was in another building and nobody was there, come on girl. That last video tho.
Reps for Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez provided a statement to The Post, reiterating the fact that her office is connected by underground tunnel to the Capitol Dome and that the congresswoman was at risk on Jan. 6. “The Congresswoman’s office is connected to the Capitol Dome by an underground tunnel. It is at most a 10 minute walk. If someone breaks into your house through the kitchen, and you’re physically upstairs, no one thinks you’re safe. Capitol police evacuated her office building during the attack because they deemed them at significant risk. In reality, there is no actual question about whether Members, particularly high profile targets for the Right, were at risk that day. This online campaign of disinformation is nothing more than an attempt for Republicans to avoid accountability for inciting a deadly riot that killed five people, including a police officer, and attempted to overthrow a democratic election.”
Ocasio-Cortez didn’t lie about location during Capitol riot CLAIM: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, falsely claimed she faced rioters in the main Capitol building during the Jan. 6 insurrection. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Ocasio-Cortez never claimed she was in the main Capitol building, nor did she claim she was face-to-face with a mob of violent rioters. In an Instagram Live video about the riots, she explained that she was in her office in a neighboring building on the Capitol complex, where she experienced a frightening encounter with a Capitol police officer who she said didn’t announce himself. THE FACTS: Days after Ocasio-Cortez opened up about the Capitol attack and her past sexual assault in an Instagram Live video on Feb. 2, viral social media posts are falsely accusing her of lying about the details. “Sooo is Twitter going to fact-check AOC’s fake story about imaginary mobs in her hallway?” read one Facebook post viewed more than 66,000 times on Thursday. “Or do they only do that to conservatives…” “AOC wasn’t even in the Capitol Building during her ‘near-death’ experience,” read another Facebook post viewed more than 100,000 times. “One big lie. #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett.” The hashtag #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett, which appeared in multiple social media posts this week and was trending nationwide on Twitter Wednesday night, appeared to liken the congresswoman to former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, anti-gay attack against himself in 2019. But Ocasio-Cortez never claimed she was in the main domed Capitol building during the melee. In fact, in her video explaining her experience of the insurrection, she made a point to clarify that she was in her congressional office in a different building nearby. “For you all to know, there’s the Capitol Hill complex,” she told her Instagram followers. “But members of Congress, except for, you know, the speaker and other very, very high ranking ones, don’t actually work in a building with the dome. There’s buildings like right next to the dome, and that’s where our actual offices are.” Ocasio-Cortez’s office is across the street from the main Capitol building, in the Cannon building, which AP reporters on the scene confirmed was evacuated during the riots. The Cannon building is also connected to the Capitol building by a series of tunnels, which allow members of Congress to travel between buildings underground. Those tunnels were mentioned in some earlier communications between militia members charged in the insurrection, suggesting rioters planned to use them to attack members of Congress. Ocasio-Cortez also never claimed she encountered rioters personally, despite false posts claiming she did. In her hour-and-a-half long video, she talked about the rising tension and sense of danger she felt in the days leading up to the attack, as protesters gathered around the Capitol and she began receiving warnings that violence was expected on Jan. 6. Ocasio-Cortez then went on to describe the events of the afternoon itself. She said she was in her office when she heard repeated bangs on the door, like someone was trying to get in. Her legislative director told her to hide, and she went into the bathroom. She then heard a male voice yelling, “Where is she?” She came out after her legislative director told her to, and a Capitol police officer was in the office. He didn’t announce himself, and he appeared angry. She said the officer told them to go to another building, but didn’t say specifically where or escort them, leaving her feeling unsafe. Ocasio-Cortez then described evacuating to a different building, where she took shelter in a colleague’s office. She said as she traveled there, she could hear rioters “yelling and screaming” outside as they tried to break into that building. Some of the viral posts accusing Ocasio-Cortez of lying referred to a now-corrected Newsweek article that originally included the false claim that she spoke of rioters breaking into her office. “A previous version of this story stated that Ocasio-Cortez’s office was entered by rioters,” reads Newsweek’s correction on the story. “Ocasio-Cortez’s office was actually entered by a Capitol police officer that did not identify himself. Newsweek regrets the error.” ___ This is part of The Associated Press’ ongoing effort to fact-check misinformation that is shared widely online, including work with Facebook to identify and reduce the circulation of false stories on the platform. Here’s more information on Facebook’s fact-checking program: https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-afs:Content:9951968706
Of course. When you spread false narratives that the election was stolen to a group of people who think firearms are the ultimate solution to tyranny what the **** do you expect? Cruz is a smart shameless cookie. He would know the ramficarions of yelling fire in a crowded movie theater.
Sometimes I wonder if neo-liberals ars worse than actual right wing conservatives. Mainly because right wing conservatives are wolves. Neo-liberals are wolves in sheep's clothing. Their obsession over gdp growth for growth sake, and adhering to the status quo for the past 40 years has got us to this mess.
Sorry this ain't gonna cut it she was acting like they were banging down her door. Not saying she should not feel some kind of way and yes she should have been scared but she took it over the top IMO. I knew she liked the attention but I did not think she was thirsty. Her team needs to stop with these weak defenses. Not a good look. Your avi is perfect for this story.
She also did say she was not in the capitol building and she played it up. So where people trying to get into the building she was in? This is not going to go well if we are now parsing words.
Ocasio-Cortez never claimed she was in the main Capitol building, nor did she claim she was face-to-face with a mob of violent rioters. In an Instagram Live video about the riots, she explained that she was in her office in a neighboring building on the Capitol complex, where she experienced a frightening encounter with a Capitol police officer who she said didn’t announce himself. Ocasio-Cortez also never claimed she encountered rioters personally, despite false posts claiming she did. In her hour-and-a-half long video, she talked about the rising tension and sense of danger she felt in the days leading up to the attack, as protesters gathered around the Capitol and she began receiving warnings that violence was expected on Jan. 6.
