Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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“I didn’t know if I was going to come alive at the end of that day,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a video on his Instagram account. “Not just in a general sense, but in a very, very specific sense.”
Ocasio-Cortez said he could not divulge details of the meeting “for security reasons,” but assured fans “that he thought he would die.”
A crowd of angry Trump supporters stormed the Capitol as a joint session of Congress met to certify Joe Biden
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The breach caused lawmakers to hide and forced the procedure to be postponed for several hours before police could clean up the building. Federal law enforcement officials have said they believe the riots were organized online by far-right extremist groups with the aim of some of them capturing or killing leading lawmakers.
Several of the protesters were seen in the Capitol building wearing suspenders, which are sometimes used instead of handcuffs.
House Democrats have filed a single indictment against Trump in the wake of the attack, accusing him of “inciting insurrection” and assaulting his supporters for committing acts of violence against them.
During a speech just hours before the riots began, Trump urged his supporters to march in Congress and show “strength” as they contend the Electoral College certification process.
Ocasio-Cortez was one of the first members of the House to demand the removal of Trump after the incident last week, and he also attacked Sen. Ted Cruz
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“I don’t want to see the Republican party talk about blue lives ever again,” Ocasio-Cortez said in reference to the death of a Capitol police officer as a result of the riots. “That was never about security for them. It was always a slogan. Because if they really care about the rule of law, they would talk when people break the law.”