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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), known as AOC, was among several Democrats arrested by Capitol Police Tuesday during a protest outside the Supreme ...

Jackson Women's Health Organization. In that case, the right to abortion established in the 1973 case Roe v. Abortion rights proponents gathered at the Capitol to express their anger over the court’s ruling in the case Dobbs v. The police force did not specify who was arrested and who was released after being escorted away.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is also known by her initials "AOC," was escorted away from a protest near the Supreme Court Tuesday holding her hands ...

At least 16 Democratic lawmakers were arrested by U.S. Capitol Police for “blocking traffic” during an abortion rights demonstration outside the Supreme ...

As I’ve said before, we need to be doing everything in our power to secure reproductive justice and access to abortion.” (Green has become the color of the abortion rights movement.) “Civil disobedience has always been part of our history and fight for change. The lawmakers are expected to be released and fined. When demonstrators did not heed the warnings and refused to leave the street, they began making arrests and eventually cleared the demonstration. “St. Louis sent me to Congress to do everything in my power to protect our rights and improve our lives.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and other Democratic members of Congress were arrested outside of the Supreme Court on Tuesday protesting the ...

At one point she uncrossed her hands and raised her fists to the other protesters. 'The Supreme Court has dramatically overreached its authority. Ocasio-Cortez is escorted by police away from the protest. 'The Supreme Court will not stop us. We got us,' Rep. Cori Bush wrote on Twitter. Wade protest (and pretends like she is in cuffs) Jackson Women's Health Organization in June. The congresswoman is pictured with her hands behind her back, but she is not in handcuffs She has her hands behind her back, as if she were handcuffed, but she is not Ocasio-Cortez was seen walking escorted away by police with her hands crossed behind her back, as if she were in handcuffs, but she was not. - Ocasio-Cortez was seen walking escorted away by police with her hands crossed behind her back, as if she were in handcuffs, but she was not - A total of 34 arrests - 16 of them members of Congress - were made at the demonstration Tuesday, according to Capitol Police

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., haven't always seen eye to eye, and a widely-vi.

It next shows a clip of Jordan speaking in 2021 as the House debated impeaching former President Donald Trump a second time. Finally, there’s a clip of Jordan defending then-Attorney General William Barr in 2020. The video opens with a 2019 clip of Ocasio-Cortez during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing questioning then-Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross over the 2020 census. Video doesn’t show Jim Jordan insulting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Both Ocasio-Cortez and Jordan are on the committee, but he doesn’t appear in this clip. Video doesn’t show Jim Jordan insulting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

More than a dozen US lawmakers, most from the Democratic Women's Caucus, were arrested by US Capitol police on Tuesday during an abortion-rights rally in ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pretended to be handcuffed Tuesday while U.S. Capitol Police arrested her and 16 other lawmakers during a pro-choice protest ...

Fellow “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar was also caught on tape putting her hands behind her back as if she were handcuffed, though the Minnesota Democrat couldn’t resist the urge to raise her right hand and acknowledge the crowd as well. She wasn’t alone. Social media was abuzz with clips of the New York Democrat putting her hands behind her back as if she were handcuffed — despite the fact that she wasn’t.

As she's escorted by police for blocking traffic, she appears to be handcuffed until she lifts one fist to supporters at the video's end.

Wade, as abortion rights activists across the country have continued to fight against it. Ocasio-Cortez has been vocal about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on June 24 to overturn Roe v. "We can at least TRY." Another video was posted by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Twitter account and has so far amassed almost 300,000 views. Videos have circulated showing the incident. A video of Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pretending to be handcuffed while being arrested at a protest on Tuesday has been viewed over 2 million times on

The collapse of the political into the emotional is great news for people like AOC. Unfortunately, turning constituents into adoring fans means you have ...

This is no accident: Social media has given our politicians the power to generate spectacles and dramatic, emotional scenarios that reframe their power in emotional, rather than political terms. The Congresswomen's antics perfectly encapsulate how the performative conventions of social media—with staples like virtue signaling and self victimization—are infecting the way our politicians conduct and aggrandize themselves in public. Performative duress is now a common mode of operation for a new generation of politicians who have been shaped by social media and are armed and ready with the toolkit of the digital influencer.

Fox News host Jesse Watters reacts to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's arrest during a protest against the overturn of Roe v. Wade on "Jesse Watters ...

Fox News host Jesse Watters reacted to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "incredible display of bravery" as she was arrested during a protest following the overturn of Roe v. History will remember this day as America's own Tiananmen Square moment when a single protester stared down the barrel of a militaristic regime, but in some ways, AOC's fight for justice was even more unique because the officers arresting her also wanted to date her. Wade protest, including members of the Squad, as AOC, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush and Ayanna Pressley were all removed from the scene by Capitol Police.

US Capitol police say demonstrators blocked traffic on a nearby road and were given three warnings before the arrests.

The US Capitol police said on Twitter that the demonstrators had blocked traffic on a nearby road and were given three warnings before officers made the arrests. Twenty-six US states are likely or certain to ban abortion after the fall of Roe v Wade, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights group. The US Capitol police say demonstrators blocked traffic on a nearby road and were given three warnings before officers made the arrests.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee joined "Fox & Friends First" to react to the 'fake handcuffs' stunt from AOC and Ilhan Omar at a Supreme Court ...

They'll throw the book at you and this ridiculous escapade here. Peter Navarro. He got them at the airport at Reagan National when he was getting on a plane. I think that people are getting beyond sick of this double standard of justice, where if you're on the far left, you can do anything you doggone well want to.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) is being mocked for pretending to be handcuffed following a pro-abortion rights protest Tuesday.

"But go ahead, be proud of your childish arrest." Her image is what matters, not the people she was elected to serve." "The funniest part about this video of AOC being escorted out by Capitol Police is her pretending to be in handcuffs," digital strategist Caleb Hull said.

On July 19 (local time), several members of the US Congress, including Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Alma Adams and others, were arrested by Capitol ...

The abortion rights protests have been happening outside the Supreme Court building since a draft of the opinion in Dobbs v. because they literally only showed up for a minute to get a photo op pretending to be arrested.— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) She was called out by netizens for reaching late that too, for a short span of the protest. because they literally only showed up for a minute to get a photo op pretending to be arrested.” The office of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) published a video of her ‘arrest’ where she was holding her hands behind her back, appearing as if she had been handcuffed. In the 16-second video, AOC was seen being taken away by the Capitol Police. Her hands were at the back, and a Police Officer was holding her from the elbow. Ilhan Omar also shared a video where she allegedly pretended to be handcuffed. However, at the 10-second mark in the video, AOC raised her right hand-closed fist to greet the supporters, possibly out of excitement as they were cheering. Author and columnist Tim Young wrote, “It’s about 92 degrees in DC today… However, the video left netizens amused as she was apparently only pretending to be handcuffed. This is the standard way how Police take away someone who is handcuffed. They were arrested for participating in an abortion rights protest.

"She pretended like she's been arrested," said Greene. "And she walked away with a smug little smile because she knew that they were taking pictures."

"You have to get out of the street ... she pretended like she's been arrested ... and she walked away with a smug little smile because she knew that they were taking pictures." Greene expanded on her outrage in the Facebook Live video, while falsely claiming that Ocasio-Cortez only "pretended" to be arrested in addition to faking being handcuffed. "@AOC so you faked being handcuffed to keep lying to women?" Go back to your Insta makeup tutorials, you're actually good at those." Ocasio-Cortez was among 17 Democratic members of Congress arrested outside the court on Tuesday while protesting the recent decision to eliminate federal abortion rights protections by overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. It was unclear if Capitol Police asked Ocasio-Cortez to place her hands behind her back.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claims she was not pretending to be in handcuffs when she was arrested Tuesday at a pro-abortion rights protest outside ...

Performance, not policy, is the name of the game up here. But given how you lied about a fellow rape survivor for 'points,' as you put it to me, I don’t expect much else from you." So of course— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) @aocfakes being in handcuffs. So of course [Ocasio-Cortez] fakes being in handcuffs. Performance, not policy, is the name of the game up here," Mace said in a tweet. "No faking here," Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet Wednesday. "Putting your hands behind your back is a best practice while detained, handcuffed or not, to avoid escalating charges like resisting arrest.

ABC News was accused of producing "fake news" by sharing photos of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., seemingly in handcuffs, though video shows she was ...

"Now show the pics from the side that show there are no handcuffs. He tweeted at the network, "What a complete f---ing lie with angles on these photos to make it look like they are cuffed. No surprise @ABC is leading the pack," tweeted conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza. However, video taken at the event from other sources showed that Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar were not handcuffed as they were moved around the premises by Capitol police. No good picture editor should have allowed this, at least without the caption disclosing it." Both lawmakers had their hands behind their backs, giving casual readers the impression that both were handcuffed and being escorted by police.

(Bloomberg) -- More than a dozen US lawmakers, most from the Democratic Women's Caucus, were arrested by US Capitol police on Tuesday during an ...

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Despite partisan accusations that Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar “faked” or “staged” being arrested while protesting outside the Supreme ...

Ocasio-Cortez said that there was nothing fake about her arrest and that “putting your hands behind your back is a best practice while detained.” They were given citations and told to leave the area. These images and videos were authentic. That conspiratorial claim was predicated on the fact that, no, Capitol Police did not handcuff Omar and Ocasio-Cortez (or any other lawmakers) while arresting them. Capitol Police confirmed they were arrested and cited on suspicion of misdemeanors on July 19, 2022. Capitol Police truly arrested 17 members of the House of Representatives for allegedly violating DC Code § 22–1307, which prohibits people from blocking public roadways. As videos and photographs of these arrests went viral on social media, many people noticed that some Democratic lawmakers, such as U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., had their hands behind their backs despite not being handcuffed. Capitol Police wrote on Twitter that officers gave the protesters three warnings about blocking traffic. The spokesperson said: When the protesters refused to leave, the agency said, officers started making arrests. The claim that these arrests were “faked” or “staged” was based in part on the observation that none of the people protesting, including members of Congress, were handcuffed. In other words, while members of Congress were indeed arrested by Capitol Police during the July protest, they were not taken into custody.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied "faking" being handcuffed by police after she was accused of performing political theater during an abortion rights ...

"I’m not even going to discuss it right now, but I will never forget that moment for the rest of my life." Ocasio-Cortez's feud with Mace dates back to February 2021, after Mace suggested Ocasio-Cortez was exaggerating her fears of being hurt during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. A Mace spokeswoman clarified at the time that Mace’s comment "was a critique of media twisting AOC’s account, not of AOC." She then raised a fist to the crowd in solidarity, showing she wasn't being constrained. "Putting your hands behind your back is a best practice while detained, handcuffed or not, to avoid escalating charges like resisting arrest. Video caught Ocasio-Cortez being escorted by a police officer with her hands behind her back in the typical handcuffs pose.

The progressive lawmaker was one of more than a dozen members of Congress who were arrested on Tuesday in the midst of an abortion rights demonstration.

Performance, not policy, is the name of the game up here,” the South Carolina Republican tweeted. One of those critics was Nancy Mace, a Trump loyalist and South Carolina congresswoman who won her primary last month despite losing former president Donald Trump’s endorsement to a competitor. In pictures and videos from the scene, Ms Ocasio-Cortez is seen with her hands behind her back after the arrest begins.