After being confronted by angry protesters at her last town hall, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was likely hoping for a warmer welcome by her constituents on Wednesday.
Instead, she got an even more hostile protest.
In fact the protest so stunning, some critics wondered whether Ocasio-Cortez had a “nervous breakdown” during the confrontation.
“AOC has got to go! AOC has got to go!” protesters chanted.
Ocasio-Cortez laughed and pretended to dance and mock the chant at first.
AOC dances to protesters chanting “AOC has got to go” at an event in her district tonight
How absolutely humiliating.
Watch. pic.twitter.com/Ap8sFJJei2
— Danny De Urbina (@dannydeurbina) October 20, 2022
Ocasio-Cortez repeatedly tried to quiet the protesters. “Respectfully, ma’am, you’re saying, ‘Ask us why’ — Y’all have been talking for 20 minutes, OK?” she said. “We know why. We know why you’re mad. Let’s talk about it.”
At one point, Ocasio-Cortez spotted a vulgar sign held by a man endorsing her 2022 midterm opponent, Tina Forte, R-N.Y.
The sign read, “Wake up New York. Vote for Tina Forte. F**k AOC.”
“Very classy. Thank you, sir,” Ocasio-Cortez said to the man.
Ocasio-Cortez later ran out of the room when the lights suddenly turned off. She was seen on camera huddling in a doorway behind one of her security guards when the lights are put back on.
She comes back and adopted a strange, fake accent while trying to get the crowd to settle —
Is AOC ok? pic.twitter.com/TeqzL8hXxg
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 20, 2022
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