Grace Meng, Congresswoman from Queens robbed in Washington DC

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Eyewitness News

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Congresswoman Grace Meng was mugged Tuesday night in Washington, D.C.

"I'm from New York! I'm a tough girl! So I think I can handle it," Congresswoman Grace Meng said.

Grace Meng, the freshman member of Congress from Queens, had a nasty introduction to crime in Washington as she walked to her home, not far from the nation's capital.

"Basically got hit from behind, landed on my front," Meng said, "After I hit the ground there's a period of time where I don't really remember what happened."

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