AOC reveals she has gone vegetarian for Lent to honor Rep. Jamie Raskin s animal rights activist son Tommy, 25, who killed himself two months ago
The New York Congresswoman - who was raised Catholic - revealed she was going vegetarian for Lent in a Twitter post penned Thursday
She stated that the action was to honor of Rep. Jamie Raskin s late son Tommy, an animal rights activist who died New Year s Eve
AOC urged fans to join her in embracing vegetarianism for the Lenten season, and insisted they did not have to be Christian to partake
Tommy Raskin, 25, was a Harvard Law School student who struggled with depression before tragically taking his own life