{"id":51051,"date":"2021-02-03T22:14:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T02:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=51051"},"modified":"2021-02-03T22:20:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T02:20:33","slug":"aocgate-this-dangerous-democrat-drama-queen-spews-baldfaced-lies-to-start-a-communist-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=51051","title":{"rendered":"AOCgate: This Dangerous Democrat Drama Queen Spews Baldfaced Lies to Start a Communist Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;#AlexandriaOcasioSmollett&#8217; Trends On Twitter After NY Rep Rejects Claims She Wasn&#8217;t At Capitol During Riots<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>UPDATE<\/strong><\/u>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saraacarter.com\/alexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-on-twitte-while-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-at-capitol\/\">Douglass Braff reports that\u00a0<\/a>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back at claims she lied about her experience during the pro-Trump Capitol riots.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1357025133219700737&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Falexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-twitter-after-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-capitol&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1357025133219700737\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<strong>This is the latest manipulative take on the right.<\/strong>\u00a0They are manipulating the fact that most people don\u2019t know the layout the Capitol complex. We were all on the Capitol complex \u2013 the attack wasn\u2019t just on the dome. The bombs Trump supporters planted surrounded our offices too,\u201d she wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-02-03_16-33-53.jpg?itok=Xh8z4UIS\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-02-03_16-33-53.jpg?itok=Xh8z4UIS\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-02-03_16-33-53.jpg?itok=Xh8z4UIS\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"381281e2-8d3d-4387-ba75-b2a9460a5c15\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following reports that Rep.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saraacarter.com\/gop-congressman-demands-aoc-apologize-to-ted-cruz-for-almost-had-me-murdered-tweet\/\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>\u2018s (D-N.Y.) was not in the U.S. Capitol Building and in her Cannon Office Building office on January 6,\u00a0<strong>the hashtag \u201cAlexandriaOcasioSmollett\u201d has been trending on Twitter, with conservatives referencing disgraced actor Jussie Smollett\u2019s staged hate crime in 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are some popular tweets using the hashtag:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1357082872411217922&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Falexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-twitter-after-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-capitol&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1357082872411217922\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1357078980197810179&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Falexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-twitter-after-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-capitol&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1357078980197810179\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1357077059533742083&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Falexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-twitter-after-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-capitol&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1357077059533742083\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1357073957065646083&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Falexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-twitter-after-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-capitol&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1357073957065646083\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1357082174608928768&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Falexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-twitter-after-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-capitol&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1357082174608928768\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saraacarter.com\/aoc-was-not-in-the-u-s-capitol-building-during-jan-6-riot\/\">Douglas Braff detailed earlier, via SaraACarter.com<\/a>, Rep.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saraacarter.com\/gop-congressman-demands-aoc-apologize-to-ted-cruz-for-almost-had-me-murdered-tweet\/\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>\u00a0(D-N.Y.) was not in the U.S. Capitol Building when a mob violently stormed it on January 6 but rather in her Cannon Office Building office<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-6\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-6&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1357028286728187906&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Falexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-twitter-after-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-capitol&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1357028286728187906\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The second-term congresswoman has since recanted her experience during the deadly siege, which she has described as \u201cnear-death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>However, no rioters broke into Cannon,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2021\/02\/03\/321029-n321029\">a Wednesday report<\/a>\u00a0from the conservative publication\u00a0<em>RedState<\/em>\u00a0claims.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-02-03_16-36-24.jpg?itok=exNNpJHV\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-02-03_16-36-24.jpg?itok=exNNpJHV\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-02-03_16-36-24.jpg?itok=exNNpJHV\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"fdccbb95-4eb4-46d6-adc1-c98591e7d570\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>When running through her experience that day, Ocasio-Cortez said that\u2014out of fear that rioters had entered the building\u2014she hid in her personal room\u2019s bathroom. During a Monday livestream, she claimed that rioters had entered her office,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-hid-bathroom-during-capitol-riot-thought-she-was-going-die-1565977\">according to\u00a0<em>Newsweek<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She revealed on an Instagram Live session that she was a survivor of sexual assault and described the feeling she had while locking herself in the bathroom as similar to the one she felt at the time of the assault.<\/p>\n<p>She also said that she was hiding behind the door \u201cand then I just start to hear these yells of, \u2018Where is she?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The yells, it turns out, came from a Capitol Police officer.\u00a0<\/strong>He reportedly burst into her office, whose presence, she said, \u201cdidn\u2019t feel right\u201d and that he was looking at her \u201cin all of this anger and hostility.\u201d One of her staffers reportedly wondered if he would have to fight the officer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-7\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-7&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1356452601043300353&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Falexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-twitter-after-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-capitol&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1356452601043300353\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), whose office is two doors down from the New York congresswoman\u2019s, on Tuesday played down Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s story,<\/strong>\u00a0saying that the extremists never reached their hallway.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez, Mace\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/1356677360507052034\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cmade clear she didn\u2019t know who was at her door.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Breathless attempts by media to fan fictitious news flames are dangerous<\/strong>.\u00a0 My office is 2 doors down. Insurrectionists never stormed our hallway.\u00a0<strong>Egregious doesn\u2019t even begin to cover it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Is there nothing MSM won\u2019t politicize?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-8\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-8&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1356677360507052034&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Falexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-twitter-after-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-capitol&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1356677360507052034\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The day after Mace\u2019s tweet, without mentioning Mace, Ocasio-Cortez\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1357023320718405633\">tweeted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cTo survivors of any trauma who worry about being believed, or that their situation wasn\u2019t \u2018bad\u2019 enough or \u2018too\u2019 bad, or fear being branded or deemed \u2018manipulative\u2019 for telling the truth: I see you. Community is here for you. You are safe with me, &amp; with all of us. You are loved!\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When firing back at\u00a0<em>RedState<\/em>\u2018s report in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1357025133219700737\">a thread<\/a>, she said the right \u201care manipulating the fact that most people don\u2019t know the layout the Capitol complex. We were all on the Capitol complex \u2013 the attack wasn\u2019t just on the dome. The bombs Trump supporters planted surrounded our offices too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople were trying to rush and infiltrate our office buildings \u2013 that\u2019s why we had to get evacuated in the first place,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe attempts of attackers &amp; publicly available communications show how they tried to gain access and share location info on finding members for physical harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also very damning and revealing that the GOP is now digging both heels in a discrediting campaign,\u201d the Bronx and Queens congresswoman added.<strong>\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s because they know they are implicated, so they\u2019re pivoting to (again) the classic abuse playbook of \u201cit\u2019s not as bad as they say.\u201d It was that bad. It\u2019s actually worse.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/alexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-twitter-after-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-capitol\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/alexandriaocasiosmollett-trends-twitter-after-ny-rep-rejects-claims-she-wasnt-capitol<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;#AlexandriaOcasioSmollett&#8217; Trends On Twitter After NY Rep Rejects Claims She Wasn&#8217;t At Capitol During Riots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}