A group of protesters defending Israel confronted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her boyfriend Riley Roberts Monday night outside a movie theater in Brooklyn, sending her into a frenzy.
As Fox News reported, the agitators followed AOC out of the Alabama Drafthouse and asked her to smear Israel’s legitimate offensive in Gaza against Hamas savages as “genocide.”
In video obtained by Fox News, protesters walk with phones in hand recording as they approach the outside of the theater.
After confronting one of the protesters, she and Roberts go down the escalator to escape. AOC then glares and gestures in another agitator’s face as he questions her honesty.
Protesters eventually chased her and Roberts out of the building, continuing to demand that she denounce the Israeli offensive.
Once outside, AOC attacked them one last time, this time using more colorful language.
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Relevant transcript:
Protester no. 1: You refuse to call it genocide.
AOC: I need you to understand that this is not okay.
Protester no. 1: It’s not okay that genocide is happening and you’re not actively against it.
AOC: You’re lying!
Protester no. 2: If you can’t say it, just say it. Literally, we are talking to you like normal people. Just say it’s genocide. Just said.
More than 30,000 people have died AOC, can’t you say that for once?
Just say one word and that’s it. That’s all we want you to say.
(both AOC and the protesters are now outside)
Protester no. 3: Are you worried about (your answer) going viral?
AOC: You’re going to cut it (the video) and take it out of context.
I already said it! And you’ll just pretend it wasn’t. Again and again.
“That’s bullshit, man! And you are not helping these people. You’re not helping them!
Protester no. 3 (confused): Why don’t you say it in front of everyone? Because we?
As Fox News notes, AOC has falsely accused Israel of committing war crimes and has shown herself willing to cut aid to the Jewish state.
But given the challenges her teammates are facing during the primaries, it’s understandable why she’s a little scared now.