WASHINGTON, D.C., February 4, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has become the center of yet another controversy pertaining to the Capitol Hill riot of January 6, this time over allegations that she misrepresented her own personal experience that day to garner sympathy for herself.
This week, the self-identified socialist congresswoman shared a video on Instagram containing her account of that day.
While at her desk in her office in the Cannon House building, she says she heard a “violent” banging on her office doors, and after being told to “run and hide” by her legislative director, she hid in the bathroom. Then, she says, she heard that the person who banged on her doors had gotten inside and was yelling “where is she?”
“This was the moment where I thought everything was over,” Ocasio-Cortez says of the moment the bathroom door started to open.
In fact, the “intruder” turned out to be a Capitol Hill police officer who was evacuating the building (along with the Madison congressional office building). Eventually, she says, she and her legislative director sheltered in the office of Rep. Katie Porter, D-California. Before connecting with Porter, AOC claims the sound of
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