On Friday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared on Maria Hinojosa's podcast
Latino USA, on which she spoke about her experience after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots and how she has taken care of herself since then. She said it was her good friend and fellow “squad” member Rep. Ayana Pressley (D-MA), who got her to focus on self care following the event.
“After the 6th, I took some time and it was really [Rep.] Ayanna Pressley when I explained to her what happened to me, like the day of, because I ran to her office,” AOC said. “And she was like, ‘You need to recognize trauma. And this is something that you went through, but we’re all going through. And it’s really important to pause after that, because that's how you process it.’”