Blow by blow AOC account of 3 horrifying days of the Capitol insurrection.........

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AOC's tweets are all rolled into a narrative.


Carlos Hernandez (Carlos Eats)
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20h, 55 tweets, 9 min read

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1356426580290121729.html

AOC is saying on IG Live she received messages from other member of Congress that they knew and were hearing from Trump people and Republicans that there was violence expected on Wednesday (Jan. 6).


AOC adds that the insurrectionists were already in town on Monday before the attack. She said the crowd was running and coming near the Capitol already days before.

She says when she saw the crowd she thought "this is weird" and "that's suspicious" considering how the military and police responded to BLM protesters.

She says Republican kind of Trump people crowded behind her car which was parked in front of Capitol Hill. She says they pulled out their phones and asked her "Hey AOC why do you hate this country?"


AOC says she started messing with them and playing along in what was a school yard kind of bullying, but was on the inside concerned. She said her "heart was beating pretty fast". She said she created enough space to hit drive and skirt away.
On Tuesday she says there were even more people around Capitol Hill. More rallies, mics and speakers set up. AOC says it felt "volatile and dangerous". She said she doesn't think people felt safe walking to vote in Congress.

AOC says by Tuesday she was already taking her security pin off by the time she left the building so that if someone was looking from far away someone would think she was just another girl walking around.

AOC says it felt 100% like when you're at a bodega and you know someone is about to get jumped but in a boujee grocery store. 24 hours before she said felt it was not safe to be outside.

AOC says people in Congress were already asking what the security situation is. Then Capitol Police leadership told them "don't worry about it. we got it. all we need you do is show up at 9AM on Wednesday". NOTE: WaPo has also reported this in their story on what led up it.

AOC says on Wednesday she carpooled with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. They were running behind and AOC got to her office around 9:30AM. ..........................................


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1. K&R for visibility. nt

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2. Joy Reid talking of this now. msnbc