Ocasio-Cortez spoke to the men's mag about misogyny, trauma, and her future in politics.
“I could not talk about that day without disclosing [the assault], because it was such a central part of my experience,” she told. “I felt like I could not really adequately communicate what that experience was without giving people the context of what I had lived through and what was being echoed, because so much of it was about resonance and fear of a thing that was not theoretical but a fear of a thing that I had experienced.
Since being elected into Congress in 2018, a culture of violence and scrutiny has followed Ocasio-Cortez and her every move—primarily by members of the conservative right, but by those in her party, too. In May 2020, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted AOC outside of the House c hamber to ask her why she supports “terrorist groups” like Black Lives Matter, before promptly challenging her to a debate. Two months later, Rep. Ted Yoho infamously called her “disgusting,” “crazy,” and “out of her mind
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