Democratic congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed she was sexually assaulted

American MP Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez disclosed that she had been sexually assaulted. In a transmission on his social media, he also said he feared for his life during the violent assault on the Capitol by supporters of Donald trump, January 6th. Even he had to hide in the bathroom of his office,

Visibly moved, the 31-year-old Democratic MP recounted live the attack she suffered: “I am a sexual assault survivor. And I haven’t told that to a lot of people in my life, ”said the New Yorker, who has been chosen by the city’s 14th Borough, which includes parts of the working-class areas of the Bronx and Queens.

“The reason I’m saying this, and the reason I’m excited right now, is because these people (Republicans) who tell us to move on, that it’s okay, that we should forget what happened, and even that we apologize, use the same tactics as aggressorsHe said and, in this way, criticized the position of the party to which former President Trump belongs, without directly mentioning them.

Although there is no connection between the two events, Ocasio-Cortez assured that both situations, both the sexual assault she suffered and the experience in Congress, caused trauma.

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Although the congresswoman detailed how the riot that ended in an assault on the U.S. legislature took place, she declined to talk about how the sexual assault she was subjected to took place. is produced.

“Where is she?” A man shouted, slamming the Capitol bathroom door with a closed fist, amid the invasion of pro-Trump supporters, ”the Democratic congresswoman said in a statement. live video on her Instagram account, where more than 150,000 people follow her.

“I thought it was the end for me ”, confessed. “I suddenly realized that I shouldn’t have locked myself in the bathroom. I should have hid in the closet, ”he said. “Then I felt like they were trying to get into my office and I realized it was too late,” he added.

“I thought that was the end of everything, I thought I was going to die “she said still overwhelmed.

The threat of Ocasio-Cortez in the assault on the Capitol

A man who participated in the assault on Congress and who online threatened to assassinate the member for New York and a police officer has been charged with five counts. This is Garret Miller, who lives in Texas, and who published the phrase “murder AOC “, the initials of lawmaker Ocasio-Cortez, one of the representatives of the most progressive wing of Democrats, according to court documentation consulted by the channel CNN.

The man also threatened to kill a Capitol Police officer who opened fire and killed one of the assault participants. “He deserves to die,” he posted. “He will not live long” because it is “Hunting season”he added.

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In messages published before and after the assault, Miller said “a civil war could begin” and assured:Next time we will bring weapons“.

Five people have died in an assault by supporters of then-incumbent Donald Trump to stop the certification of the election results that gave his opponent at the polls and the current president the winner, Joe Biden.