Ocasio-Cortez: I Feared Being Raped at Capitol Due to Sexualized Violence of “White supremacy and Patriarchy”


New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told CNN’s Dana Bash on “Newsroom” that she thought she would be raped  during the January 6 Capitol riot because “white supremacy and patriarchy are very linked.”

When asked about January 6, Ocasio-Cortez said, “I think one of the reasons why that impact was so doubled that day is because of the misogyny and the racism that is so deeply rooted and animated that attack on Capitol.”

She continued, “You know white supremacy and patriarchy are very linked in a lot of ways. There is a lot of sexualizing of that violence. I didn’t think that I was just going to be killed. I thought other things were going to happen to me as well.”

Bash said, “So it sounds like what you’re telling me is that you didn’t only think that you were going to die, you thought you were going to be raped?”

Ocasio-Cortez said, “Yeah. yeah, I thought I was.”

 

Source: Breitbart



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