Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is facing ridicule online after exaggerating about her experience during the storming of the Capitol on January 6. Fighting tears during an Instagram-Live broadcast Monday night, Ocasio-Cortez described feeling traumatized, and said it “almost felt like a zombie movie or something.”
AOC also said that she felt threatened by a Capitol Hill Police officer who had come to secure the building and had banged on her office door. “I thought I was going to die,” Ocasio-Cortez emoted.
The socialist congresswoman said she hid inside her bathroom after her legislative director Geraldo Bonilla-Chavez told her to “hide, hide, run and hide.”
“And so I run back into my office,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “I slam my door. There’s another kind of like back area to my office, and I open it, and there’s a closet and a bathroom. And I jump into my bathroom.”
This was one of the most heartbreaking moments of AOC’s IG live pic.twitter.com/BumKbriwmy
— grant👨🏻🦱 (@urdadssidepiece) February 2, 2021
When it was pointed out that she was not even located inside the Capitol Building when the riot was taking place, critics accused her of being a “drama queen” and #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett trended on Twitter.
One Twitter user noticed that AOC’s story changed to explain why she didn’t go to the extraction point. Initially, she told people it was because she feared other Congressmen.
On Monday, she blamed the Capitol Police officer.
https://twitter.com/mbracemoore/status/1357087059022905345?s=20
Conservative website Red State first pointed out that AOC was not actually in the U.S. Capitol Building during the riot.
AOC Wasn't in the Capitol Building During Her 'Near Death' Experiencehttps://t.co/voJHtRAKYW
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 3, 2021
Her office is in the Cannon House Building across the street from the Capitol Building. Moreover, GOP congresswoman Nancy Mace, whose office is two doors down from AOC’s, said that “insurrectionists never stormed our hallway.”
.@AOC made clear she didn’t know who was at her door. Breathless attempts by media to fan fictitious news flames are dangerous.
My office is 2 doors down. Insurrectionists never stormed our hallway. Egregious doesn’t even begin to cover it. Is there nothing MSM won’t politicize? pic.twitter.com/Tl1GiPSOft
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) February 2, 2021
Ocasio-Cortez lashed out at conservative critics, accusing them of being “manipulative,” and claiming [inaccurately] that Trump supporters had planted bombs around her office. In fact, the pipe bombs were discovered at the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees, blocks away. And while the FBI has not made any arrests yet, a potential suspect was seen on surveillance camera. The FBI said the person, who was carrying a backpack, “wore a gray hooded sweatshirt, a face mask and Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers in yellow, black and gray.”
This is the latest manipulative take on the right.
They are manipulating the fact that most people don’t know the layout the Capitol complex.
We were all on the Capitol complex – the attack wasn’t just on the dome.
The bombs Trump supporters planted surrounded our offices too. pic.twitter.com/jI18e0XRrd
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 3, 2021
One America News Network’s Jack Posobiec responded by posting a map of Washington D.C. to show the layout of the Capitol.
Fact-check pic.twitter.com/tLoJ3HxcQP
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 3, 2021
Posobiec also pointed out that AOC complained about feeling uncomfortable during the riot, even though she had once advocated for left-wing protesters to make people [conservatives] uncomfortable.
This you? https://t.co/QRxTPDe65f pic.twitter.com/BPLz349SaY
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 3, 2021
The New York congresswoman was “ratioed” on Twitter for perhaps the first time as the hashtag #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett trended throughout the afternoon.
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1357032592386752515?s=20
#AlexandriaOcasioSmollett is now trending, but Twitter hasn't added one of their little 'explainers' to it pic.twitter.com/XPFESwDRDc
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 3, 2021
How it started
How it's going pic.twitter.com/JcttBZQQ3E
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 3, 2021
yOuR aRrOwS aReNt aCcUrAtE
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 3, 2021
There is ZERO evidence that Trump supporters planted bombs. Nice tactic, to lie and manipulate in the same breath that you accuse others of lying and manipulating. pic.twitter.com/bUw0fvcFOn
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) February 3, 2021
On a day in which #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett is trending, please never forget the time that @AOC staged a photo shoot dressed in all white at a parking lot to spread lies about immigrant children in cages.
Faking her own attempted murder was the next logical step. pic.twitter.com/y8mNNowMGy
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) February 3, 2021
Wait WAS SOMEONE SITTING AT PELOSI’S DESK I’M TOLD THIS IS SEDITION https://t.co/tZlqaIw8TU
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) February 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1357091089648414722?s=20
#AlexandriaOcasioSmollett pic.twitter.com/kqie9fiTRP
— NautPoso 🇮🇪☘️ (@NautPoso) February 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/Malcolm_fleX48/status/1357047380588257282?s=20
Failed to show tunnels lol https://t.co/3oQI04NPMb
— Gavin Mario Wax 🇺🇸 🗽🍊 (@GavinWax) February 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/Malcolm_fleX48/status/1357064505470115841?s=20
When you get caught in a blatant lie – and just can't stop digging because of your enormous ego. https://t.co/7UCNtzXP5q
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) February 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/TheRacineTimes/status/1357049720011710466?s=20
Hmm. Such an odd Trending pairing.
Did some people do something?
Maybe we should ask @JackPosobiec … pic.twitter.com/ippKz7Ulw5
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) February 3, 2021
This the first time I’ve seen her get ratio’d 😳 https://t.co/WDUeqEvxa7
— Geetchi Liberachi (@bigpimpinET) February 3, 2021
https://twitter.com/koreandahouse/status/1357055742927204352?s=20
The ratio here.
How embarrassing for #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 3, 2021
I love how everyone was all AOC is a master at PR.
And then @JackPosobiec comes along and not only trashes her narrative but baits her into looking weak and triggered.
Who is the master now?
— Jack Murphy ☀️ (@jackmurphylive) February 3, 2021