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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Liddell

AOC says she’s skipping Trump inauguration because ‘I don’t celebrate rapists’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as she “doesn’t celebrate rapists,” in reference to the president being found by a judge to have raped writer E. Jean Carroll.

The outspoken Democratic congresswoman took to Instagram to quash any speculation that she would be makeing the trip to Washington, DC on Monday to watch Trump being sworn into office for a second time.

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