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AOC leads Democratic reps in recounting Capitol riot experiences to House
27 days ago | By New York Post
A group of Democratic lawmakers, led by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, stood before the House Thursday to share their accounts of the deadly Capitol siege. Ocasio-Cortez - who critics recently accused of exaggerating her experience during the violent riot - said it was important that the accounts be preserved for the record at a...
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Ocasio-Cortez leads lawmakers recalling Capitol siege
27 days ago | By My Sanantonio
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers stood before the House late Thursday to tell their personal, often stunning accounts of the siege of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, preserving for the record their own memories of the most violent domestic attack on Congress in the nation's history.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., led colleagues in the hourlong session days before the former president's impeachment trial, saying their stories need to be told at a time when some in Congress and the nation are trying to minimize the damage of Jan. 6 and “move on.”
“Sadly, this is all too often what we hear...
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