Enough is enough.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., says she threatened to slug a ‘disgusting’ right-wing troll who tried to accost her on the steps of the Capitol.
The progressive firebrand posted a video of the Wednesday afternoon confrontation in which she walked over to the man as he taped himself making racist and sexist comments about her body.
“I was actually walking over to deck him,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “If no one will protect us then I’ll do it myself.”
She admitted being undecided about whether to post anything or try to ignore the jibes.
“It’s just a bummer to work in an institution that openly allowed this, but talking about it only invites more,” she wrote. “Just really sad.”
Ocasio-Cortez is a lightning rod for right-wingers because of her outspoken progressive views. She has been accosted previously by MAGA lawmakers like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., seeking to engage her on the Green New Deal, abortion rights, gun violence and other issues.
But she also attracts particular attention because of her looks, which make her a target for regular threats of sexual violence from men.
The troll peppered his sexist remarks on the lawmaker’s figure with insults about her wanting to “kill babies,” an apparent reference to her pro-choice beliefs.
Ocasio-Cortez, who says she is a sexual assault survivor, says she believes authorities should do a much better job of protecting lawmakers especially when supporters of former President Trump openly support violence against political opponents.
She went public about her well-founded fear that Jan. 6 rioters planned to rape and kill her if they captured her, an admission that conservatives later mocked as overly dramatic.
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