Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told the Post on Monday that she will not apologize to Senator Ted Cruz for accusing him of almost having “murdered” her during the January 6 Capitol riot.
The New York Democrat, who represents parts of the Bronx and Queens, said at a news conference that he kept his words.
“That is not the quote and I will not apologize for what I said,” said Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, at the Queens event.
Ocasio-Cortez recently struck an olive branch from Cruz (R-Texas), who said he shared the 31-year-old socialist’s concern about the Robinhood stock trading platform that restricts a popular campaign to buy GameStop shares.
She replied to Cruz on Twitter: “I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there is common ground, but you almost murdered me three weeks ago, so you can stay out. Happy to work with almost any other GOP that is not trying to kill me. In the meantime, if you want to help, you can resign. “
Cruz objected to the certification of Arizona voters for President Biden just before a crowd of supporters of President Donald Trump invaded the Capitol and interrupted the certification of Biden’s victory.
House Republicans led by Texas deputy Chip Roy are asking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) To force Ocasio-Cortez to apologize to Cruz.
Cruz’s objection was based in part on an argument that federal courts unfairly extended the Arizona voter registration deadline, casting doubt on the validity of Biden’s victory by about 10,000 votes. He also defended a national commission to review allegations of electoral fraud.
Cruz’s objection was loudly defeated when Congress met again hours after the chaos. The Senate voted 93-6 to accept Arizona’s Biden voters and the House voted 303-121.
A subsequent objection to Pennsylvania voters for Biden, presented by Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Was also defeated. This objection was based in part on decisions by the state court that allowed ballots sent by mail to be counted if they arrived three days after the November 3 election.
Ocasio-Cortez vividly described his fear during the invasion of the Capitol. Last week, she said during an Instagram video broadcast that a policeman knocked on her office door, making her fear that protesters had entered her Congress building. After her disclosure, AOC was dubbed “Alexandria Ocasio-Smollett” as details emerged that she exaggerated the extent of her “trauma” with the event, since she was not at the siege site, but in a nearby commercial building. .