Amid the pomp and circumstances of this week’s inauguration, a prominent Democrat was notably absent.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., told CNN’s Chris Cuomo for the first time that he had renounced President Biden’s invitation to take office to support a union strike in the South Bronx.
“I’m thrilled by President Biden and Vice President Harris,” she said, “I think the festivities were phenomenal.”
But when pressed, the progressive agitator admitted that she also did not take an oath due to security issues, adding that she did not feel safe around her colleagues at the time.
“It was supposed to be a show of strength and togetherness and you weren’t there. Explain,” said Cuomo.
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“I think we also had very real security concerns,” admitted Ocasio-Cortez. “We still don’t feel safe around other members of Congress.”
She added that a “very considerable number” of members of Congress did not feel safe around their colleagues, more than two weeks since the rebels invaded the Capitol.
The New York Democrat said that Deputy Andy Harris, R-Md., Tried to bring a gun to the House floor.
“The moment you bring a gun to the House floor, violating the rules, you put everyone in danger,” she said, when asked about the prospect that members may be trying to provide protection against an insurrection like the one that occurred not then.
“I don’t care what they say their intentions are.”
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Ocasio-Cortez said he thought he might die the day the Trump crowd forced his way into the Capitol.
“I can say that I had a very close encounter in which I thought I was going to die,” she said during an Instagram Live. “And you have all those thoughts where, at the end of your life … all those thoughts come rushing at you. And that’s what happened to a lot of us on Wednesday and I didn’t think – I didn’t know if I was going to make it. at the end of that living day. “
“We were very lucky that things happened in a few minutes that allowed members to escape the plenary session of the House, but many of us almost escaped death,” added Ocasio-Cortez.
She said she feared that her own colleagues could disclose her location to the crowd.
Lawmakers were forced to hide in an undisclosed location as protesters headed for the House and Senate chambers. Ocasio-Cortez said he didn’t feel safe doing it “because there were QAnon and white supremacist supporters and, frankly, white supremacist members of Congress at that extraction point that I know of and that I felt would reveal my location and create opportunities to allow I am hurt, kidnapped, etc. “
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“So I didn’t even feel safe around other members of Congress,” she added.