In a viral video posted to social media, a visibly upset New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez scolded and dropped an f-bomb on a small contingent of pro-Palestinian activists who confronted her as she departed a Brooklyn movie theater on Monday afternoon. In addition to profanely reacting to the type of protest she's encouraged against her opponents, AOC also seemingly lied to her tormenters.
The activists called out the leftist "Squad" member for failing to use the term "genocide" to refer to Israel's devastating, five-month-old invasion of Gaza. Launched in retaliation for the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion of southern Israel that led to the deaths of 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals, "Operation Swords of Iron" has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians -- including more than 20,000 women and children -- according to the Gaza health ministry.
Famine and disease are spreading, and emaciated children with sunken eyes are becoming an increasingly common and grisly sight. Over half of Gaza's more than 2 million residents have been forced from their homes. In December, the government of South Africa filed an 84-page genocide complaint against Israel with the International Court of Justice. In a January interim ruling, the court stopped short of declaring Israel's campaign a genocide -- yet -- but directed Israel to "take all measures within its power" to prevent acts of genocide.
"You refuse to call it a genocide," said one of the activists. Wheeling around, AOC scolds one of them, a man, saying, "I need you to understand, this is not ok."
When he replies, "It's not ok that you're not actively against it," AOC accuses him of "lying."
"You haven't been calling it a genocide," chimes in a female activist as AOC and her fiancé, Riley Roberts, work their way down an escalator. "Don't tell me I'm lying. Just say it. Over 30,000 people are dead, AOC, can't you just say it for once?"
As the activists continue confronting her as she walks down the sidewalk, AOC erupts, shouting, "You're gonna cut this and you're going to clip this so that it's completely out of context! I already said that it was! And y'all are just going to pretend that it wasn't, over and over again. It's fucked up, man! And you're not helping these people! You're not helping them!"
When Roberts accuses the activists of "bullying," the female activist replies, "We're not bullying, we're talking to an elected public official." It's pretty rich that AOC would tell non-violent activists that their tactics are "fucked up." Here's AOC in the Year of George Floyd:
The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 2, 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.
Her jarringly hypocritical, melodramatic scolding wasn't her worst sin -- AOC seems to have lied when she told the activists that she had already called Israel's campaign in Gaza a "genocide."
ZeroHedge couldn't find any instance in which AOC had done so. In January, when pointedly asked by NBC's Kristen Welker if the use of "genocide" by fellow Squad member Rashida Tlaib goes "too far," AOC sidestepped the question, saying "I think what we are seeing right now throughout the country is that young people are appalled at the violence and the indiscriminate loss of life."
When Welker pressed the question, AOC dodged it again, saying the International Court of Justice was "still determining [if it's genocide]. But in the interim ruling, the fact that they said there’s a responsibility to prevent it, the fact that this word is even in play, the fact that this word is even in our discourse, I think, demonstrates the mass inhumanity that Gazans are facing."
The names of the activists in the video haven't been publicized. Taking a page from the establishment media playbook that marginalizes conservative dissent by labelling it "far right," the Times of Israel, without knowing who is in the video, disparaged the activists as being "far left." (Granted, the fact that the male activist is wearing some kind of next-level face mask more than four years into the pandemic pretty much guarantees he's some kind of lefty -- rather than, say, an antiwar libertarian.)
Anyway, sit back and watch AOC do a terrible job enduring the type of activism she encourages against her political foes:
🚨#BREAKING: A Handful of Protesters Chase United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez out of a Movie Theater ⁰⁰📌#Brooklyn | #NewYork⁰⁰Watch as a handful of protesters chase United States Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a movie theater in… pic.twitter.com/L3t2AaXzQE
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 5, 2024
In a viral video posted to social media, a visibly upset New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez scolded and dropped an f-bomb on a small contingent of pro-Palestinian activists who confronted her as she departed a Brooklyn movie theater on Monday afternoon. In addition to profanely reacting to the type of protest she’s encouraged against her opponents, AOC also seemingly lied to her tormenters.
The activists called out the leftist “Squad” member for failing to use the term “genocide” to refer to Israel’s devastating, five-month-old invasion of Gaza. Launched in retaliation for the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion of southern Israel that led to the deaths of 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals, “Operation Swords of Iron” has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians — including more than 20,000 women and children — according to the Gaza health ministry.
Famine and disease are spreading, and emaciated children with sunken eyes are becoming an increasingly common and grisly sight. Over half of Gaza’s more than 2 million residents have been forced from their homes. In December, the government of South Africa filed an 84-page genocide complaint against Israel with the International Court of Justice. In a January interim ruling, the court stopped short of declaring Israel’s campaign a genocide — yet — but directed Israel to “take all measures within its power” to prevent acts of genocide.
“You refuse to call it a genocide,” said one of the activists. Wheeling around, AOC scolds one of them, a man, saying, “I need you to understand, this is not ok.”
When he replies, “It’s not ok that you’re not actively against it,” AOC accuses him of “lying.”
“You haven’t been calling it a genocide,” chimes in a female activist as AOC and her fiancé, Riley Roberts, work their way down an escalator. “Don’t tell me I’m lying. Just say it. Over 30,000 people are dead, AOC, can’t you just say it for once?”
As the activists continue confronting her as she walks down the sidewalk, AOC erupts, shouting, “You’re gonna cut this and you’re going to clip this so that it’s completely out of context! I already said that it was! And y’all are just going to pretend that it wasn’t, over and over again. It’s fucked up, man! And you’re not helping these people! You’re not helping them!”
When Roberts accuses the activists of “bullying,” the female activist replies, “We’re not bullying, we’re talking to an elected public official.” It’s pretty rich that AOC would tell non-violent activists that their tactics are “fucked up.” Here’s AOC in the Year of George Floyd:
The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable.
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.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 2, 2020
Her jarringly hypocritical, melodramatic scolding wasn’t her worst sin — AOC seems to have lied when she told the activists that she had already called Israel’s campaign in Gaza a “genocide.”
ZeroHedge couldn’t find any instance in which AOC had done so. In January, when pointedly asked by NBC‘s Kristen Welker if the use of “genocide” by fellow Squad member Rashida Tlaib goes “too far,” AOC sidestepped the question, saying “I think what we are seeing right now throughout the country is that young people are appalled at the violence and the indiscriminate loss of life.”
When Welker pressed the question, AOC dodged it again, saying the International Court of Justice was “still determining [if it’s genocide]. But in the interim ruling, the fact that they said there’s a responsibility to prevent it, the fact that this word is even in play, the fact that this word is even in our discourse, I think, demonstrates the mass inhumanity that Gazans are facing.”
The names of the activists in the video haven’t been publicized. Taking a page from the establishment media playbook that marginalizes conservative dissent by labelling it “far right,” the Times of Israel, without knowing who is in the video, disparaged the activists as being “far left.” (Granted, the fact that the male activist is wearing some kind of next-level face mask more than four years into the pandemic pretty much guarantees he’s some kind of lefty — rather than, say, an antiwar libertarian.)
Anyway, sit back and watch AOC do a terrible job enduring the type of activism she encourages against her political foes:
🚨#BREAKING: A Handful of Protesters Chase United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez out of a Movie Theater ⁰⁰📌#Brooklyn | #NewYork⁰⁰Watch as a handful of protesters chase United States Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a movie theater in… pic.twitter.com/L3t2AaXzQE
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 5, 2024
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