Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lashes out at protesters who attacked her at a Brooklyn movie theater and calls the Israeli military operation in Gaza a “genocide” against leftist lawmakers, according to a new video. he demanded.
Ocasio-Cortez, who was with her fiancé Riley Roberts, asked them to remain calm when several protesters taunted her at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema around 5 p.m. Monday. I lost it and dropped a bomb.
The video showed the protesters confronting Ocasio-Cortez inside the theater and protesting that they did not publicly refer to Israel’s bombing of Palestinian territory as a “genocide.”
“I want you to understand that this is wrong,” she told one male protester, who held an iPhone close to his face.
“It’s wrong not to actively oppose genocide when it’s happening,” the protester countered.
“You’re lying,” Ocasio-Cortez retorted as she and her boyfriend descended an escalator.
The demonstrators continued down the escalator behind the clearly enraged Democrats.
The video then cuts to everyone walking outside and Roberts turning around to confront the rioters.
“Stop,” he said as Ocasio-Cortez walked in front of him. “Okay, stop it.”
The lawmaker then cut to a protester who asked if the video clip would go viral.
“They cut this, they cut this, they cut this, they take it completely out of context,” Ocasio-Cortez fumed.
“I already said it was, but you guys are going to pretend over and over again that it wasn’t. You’re screwed, dude. And you’re not helping these people and you’re not helping them. It’s not like you’re helping anyone.”
The newspaper has contacted the congressman’s office and his campaign for comment.
Ocasio-Cortez tiptoed to call Israel’s military action a genocide when asked on “Meet the Press” in late January.
“Some of your colleagues, including Rashida Tlaib, have accused the president of supporting genocide. I agree with the word genocide, the president supports genocide. Or are you going too far?” host Kristen Welker asked her during the interview.
“I think what we’re seeing right now across the country is that young people are appalled by the violence and the indiscriminate loss of life,” the lawmaker said, avoiding direct questions, but noting that recent He cited a ruling by the United Nations’ International Court of Justice. Israel has a responsibility to prevent genocide, he said.
“They’re still deciding whether or not it’s genocide. Do you think that term is responsible given that it’s still under investigation?” When pressed by Welker, AOC said: He answered: They’re still deciding that. But the fact that the interim ruling says that they have a responsibility to prevent that, the fact that this word is being used, the fact that this word is even in our discussion, is that the Gazans I think it shows the mass inhumanity faced by the. ”
