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2 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Discussing the aftermath of the Capitol insurrection and GOP denial, @AOC reveals she is a survivor of sexual assault:

“Trauma compounds on each other.”
.@AOC says Ted Cruz and others are deploying "the tactics of abusers" in denying GOP responsibility for the insurrection:

"I'm not going to let it happen to me again ... and I'm not going to let it happen to our country."
And here's Rep. Katie Porter shortly after AOC's insta live:
And Rep. Mondaire Jones:

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