By Zak Hudak AOC recalls harrowing Capitol riot experience
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in recounting her harrowing experience of the January 6 riots at the Capitol, said publicly for the first time that she is a sexual assault survivor and said that being told to move on from the riots last month reminded her of the tactics of abusers. These folks who tell us to move on, that it s not a big deal, that we should forget what happened or even telling us to apologize these are the same tactics of abusers, she said. And I m a survivor of sexual assault.
Senator Charles Schumer at a rally, June 21, 2017
On January 25, the organization Just Democracy mounted a billboard in Times Square urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to “reckon with the filibusterâs racist history and abolish the Senate loophole once and for all.” The billboard ran through Sunday, January 31, “to remind the 117th Congress that Black and Brown voters will not sit back while the filibuster blocks critical social justice and civil rights bills.”
Just Democracy’s Time square billboard, Jan. 25, 2021. /Â Screenshot from Just Democracy’s website
Just Democracy says it is a coalition of more than 30 grassroots civil rights and social justice groups from around the country calling for “bold structural change to ensure our democracy works for all Americans.” This is why “when weâre fighting to eliminate the filibuster, weâre fighting for environmental justice. When weâre advocating to add seats to the Supreme Court,
By Zak Hudak, CBS News 7:09 AM PST, February 2, 2021 Jim Bennett/WireImage
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in recounting her harrowing experience of the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, said publicly for the first time that she is a sexual assault survivor and said that being told to move on from the riots last month reminded her of the tactics of abusers. These folks who tell us to move on, that it s not a big deal, that we should forget what happened or even telling us to apologize these are the same tactics of abusers, she said. And I m a survivor of sexual assault.