AOC: ‘I’m a Survivor of Sexual Assault’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is getting emotional as she is sharing, “I’m a survivor of sexual assault.”

Ocasio-Cortez explained during an Instagram Live on Monday evening that it is important to hold people accountable, as she spoke of her experience during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6 and lawmakers calling on her to apologize for remarks she has made. A Republican lawmaker recently called on her to apologize for recent tweets aimed at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

“We cannot move on without accountability,” the Democratic lawmaker said, according to The Hill. “We cannot heal without accountability. All these people telling us to move on are doing so at their own convenience.”

She continued, “These are the tactics that abusers use. The folks who are saying, ‘We should move on,’ ‘We shouldn’t have accountability,’ etc., are saying, ‘Can you just forget about this so we can do it again?’”

“How I felt was, not again. I’m not going to let this happen again. I’m not gonna let it happen to me again. I’m not going to let it happen to the other people who’ve been victimized by this situation again. And I’m not gonna let this happen to our country.”