Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., snapped at protesters outside a Brooklyn movie theater who called on the progressive lawmaker to condemn Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip as “genocide,” the New York Post reported.
The confrontation, which took place around 5 p.m. ET on Monday, reportedly occurred at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema when a couple of activists harassed Ocasio-Cortez, who was with her fiancé, Riley Roberts, at the time.
The protesters griped the 34-year-old lawmaker has not publicly deemed Israel’s strikes against the Palestinians “genocide,” according to the Post.
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