AOC Denies She Pretended to Be Handcuffed at Abortion Protest, Suggests It Was a GOP Conspiracy Theory

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is denying that she was pretending to be handcuffed during a protest outside the Supreme Court.

On Tuesday, House Democrats protested the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark 🏥Abortion decision Roe v. Wade, and several were arrested for “violations of laws against crowding, obstructing, and incommoding,” according to the Washington Examiner.

Videos showed Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) being led away from the protests, as they held their hands behind their backs — which led some to speculate they were pretending to be handcuffed.

However, on Wednesday, the New York Congresswoman dismissed the claims in a video shared on her Instagram account.

“Republicans’ favorite hobby is to make conspiracy theories out of everything to distract you and keep you from talking about what’s actually important, which is the fact that they are trying to take away your right to bodily autonomy,” she said.

She asked, “If I was faking , why would I intentionally fist pump somebody?”

“It’s so silly,” Ocasio-Cortez added.

Watch the video below:

She also shared a screenshot of a tweet from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) that accused her of pretending to be handcuffed.