New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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A month after the invasion of the Capitol by pro-Trump activists, on January 6, the deputy Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told, in a live of more than an hour on her Instagram account, the violence during the assault, also revealing to have been sexually assaulted in the past.

"I lived a fairly traumatic episode and at one point, I really believed that I was going to die", she had already confided, the week following the events in Washington.

The representative of New York's 14th district said she first hid in the bathroom.

At that moment a man knocked on the door, shouting "Where is she?"

Where is she ?

"This is the moment when I thought it was all over (…) I thought I was going to die", she explains, on the verge of tears.

The chosen one did not know if the man, a police officer who had not identified himself as such, was there to "help us or hurt us".

"I thought I was going to die" @AOC says she holed up in her office during the storming of the Capitol when he heard a knock on her door.

Hiding in the bathroom, she saw a man come in yelling "WHERE IS SHE".

It was actually a police officer who did not identify himself / announced #aoclive pic.twitter.com/ywhjidr6ak

- Philippe Berry (@ptiberry) February 2, 2021

“I have never been so calm in my life.

I held my breath.

[…] I thought at that time that I was going to die, ”she continues, before adding:“ He was looking at me with a great deal of anger and hostility.

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"I survived a sexual assault"

The policeman then asked him to "go down" and go to another building.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and one of her collaborators finally take refuge in the office of another elected Democrat in Congress, Katie Porter.

She says they looked for looser clothes so they could run, if needed.

The elected adds that they remained nearly five hours hidden in this office.

And if the MP, nicknamed "AOC", recounts the scene on the verge of tears, it is because it has revived many memories.

"The reason I'm moved is because these people who tell us to move on, that it's okay, that we should forget what happened, or even apologize , they use the same tactics as sexual abusers.

And I'm a sexual assault survivor, I haven't told a lot of people in my life, ”she said, very moved.

"The traumas pile up on top of each other, they collide," she added.

Then @aoc revealed: "I'm a survivor of a sexual assault" and accused elected officials who want to turn the page on the attack of using "the same tactics as the attackers".

"The trauma feeds on the trauma" (for attacks or here the PTSD) #aoclive pic.twitter.com/wJmqkXWWLI

- Philippe Berry (@ptiberry) February 2, 2021

“As a survivor, I struggle with the idea of ​​being believed,” she added, without providing details or a date about the assault suffered in the past.

Accusing conservatives who oppose Donald Trump's impeachment of encouraging the violence that led to this bloody attack, the icon of the American progressive left has compared them to "perpetrators".

The intervention of the MP, with more than 350,000 views, was hailed for her courage and honesty.

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