Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was mocked online late on Monday after video of her yelling at pro-Palestinian activists went viral.
AOC, who was walking with her spouse, was confronted by a masked man inside of a building who said, “You refuse to call it a genocide —”
AOC aggressively turned around and got in the man’s face and said: “I need you to understand that this is not okay.” She and her spouse then turned around and walked down the escalators.
“It’s not that there’s a genocide happening and you’re not actively against it,” the man said as she walked away.
“You’re lying!” she yelled back.
Another woman confronted AOC over the issue and AOC again lost her cool and got up in the woman’s face.
After a while, the man she was with finally decided to try to protect her by getting in between her and the activists as they walked outside onto the street.
“You’re gonna cut this and you’re gonna clip this so that it’s completely out of context,” AOC raged at the activists. “I already said that it was! And y’all are just going to pretend that it wasn’t over and over again!”
“It’s f***ed up man!” AOC seethed. “You’re not helping these people!”
#NYC "You refuse to call it a genocide" – handful of protesters chase after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a Brooklyn movie theater, "You gonna cut it and take it out of context, I already said that it was" – AOC responded to protesters claims on refusing word "Genocide" , "This is… pic.twitter.com/mipmA5EHu9
— FreedomNews.Tv FNTV (@FreedomNTV) March 5, 2024
Online, many were quick to point out that AOC has in the past encouraged activists to harass politicians.
“The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable,” AOC tweeted back in 2020. “Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows. To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable… that’s the point.”
Some notable responses included:
AOC has spent years encouraging young liberals to get in lawmakers faces and demand absurd things. https://t.co/XgYwogcRqm pic.twitter.com/gLRxXYtwEm
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) March 5, 2024
AOC supports the same activists harassing other people with their delusional and abusive behavior so can't say I am too bothered by her getting a taste of the same medicine. https://t.co/pAgaKR1DUF
— AG (@AGHamilton29) March 5, 2024
Ah, the memories… https://t.co/W6mpiyTRdF pic.twitter.com/v891ly17sL
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) March 5, 2024
She hates her job so much. https://t.co/7lGSetidhD
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 5, 2024
The monster she joyfully helped build – turns on her https://t.co/nxL2bnNZxP
— Rob Schmitt (@SchmittNYC) March 5, 2024
tfw you object to the kind of politics that brought you to power https://t.co/OBs6ZJMU8m
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) March 5, 2024
Oh my god this is fantastic. AOC can't handle someone demagoguing her in exactly the same way she demagogues everyone else every single day. Beautiful. https://t.co/jWzy7UsJGk
— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) March 5, 2024
ROFL. I have zero sympathy. She has supported this kind of nonsense when the shoe is on the other foot.
Well, these are the rules you want to live by. Enjoy, @AOC. https://t.co/CDEHTjaGDs
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) March 5, 2024