After the events of the Capitol insurrection on January 6, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez let people know on Twitter that she was safe. She also hinted at the time that she would give more details about her experience in the future, writing, "I'll tell y'all about it later."
Now, it looks like "later" has come: Ocasio-Cortez opened up about the details of her experience in a lengthy Instagram Live video Monday night, and it's hard to hear. In the video, the 31-year-old congresswoman emotionally detailed exactly what she went through when armed insurgents broke into the Capitol building.
Ocasio-Cortez said the experience "felt like a zombie movie," pointing out that she was running through the building in heels. She and a staffer locked themselves in her office bathroom and, at one point, a Capitol police officer who she mistook for a rioter banged on her door. She said she heard someone yell, "'Where is she?' And I just thought to myself, 'They got inside,'" she recalled. "I thought I was going to die."