She said those in Congress who used “the same tactics of abusers” for her “to go on”, or even to apologize after the violent uprising in January at the Capitol.
“The reason I’m saying this and the reason I’m getting emotional right now is because these people are telling us to keep going, that it’s not a big deal, that we need to forget what happened, or “even we have to apologize. is the same tactic of abusers. And I’m a survivor of sexual assault,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
“And I’ve never said that to many people in my life. But when we go through trauma, there’s traumatic competitions on each other. which are verbally offensive to you, whether you are a survivor of abuse, or you are experiencing any form of trauma in your life, small to large – these episodes can make each other worse. ‘
The congresswoman did not share details about the assault.
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