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Ocasio-Cortez says she is a survivor of sexual assault Katie Glueck Bookmark
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday said she was a sexual assault survivor, a disclosure she made during a strikingly personal and harrowing recounting of her experiences during the pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol last month.
“I’m a survivor of sexual assault,” Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said during an Instagram Live appearance, her voice wavering with emotion. “And I haven’t told many people that in my life. But when we go through trauma, trauma compounds on each other.”
Speaking to more than 150,000 viewers – a number that fluctuated up and down slightly through the evening – Ocasio-Cortez, 31, walked viewers through the days leading up to the riot as well as the day of it.