ALEXANDRIA Ocasio-Cortez is being dragged for “pretending to be handcuffed” when Capitol Police arrested her during an abortion rights protest.
Capitol Police arrested several Democratic Congressmembers, including members of “The Squad,” on Tuesday at a protest against the Supreme Court‘s Roe v Wade ruling on the House steps in Washington DC.
AOC was taken away with her arms placed behind her back, acting as if she was handcuffed; however, video from the scene showed her raising her fist in defiance.
Critics heckled the New York congresswoman on social media, mocking her for “breaking her fake handcuffs”.
“Dude, she pretended like she was handcuffed? ,” one person tweeted.
Another critic wrote: “Is she just holding her hands behind her back to pretend she has handcuffs on? Haha.”
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“Why is she holding her hands behind her back like she’s handcuffed when she’s very clearly not?” wrote a third person.
A fourth Twitter user blasted AOC, tweeting: “AOC PRETENDS to be handcuffed in fake arrest protesting Supreme Court — then raises her fist, breaking her fake handcuffs CLOWN WORLD LOL.”
A total of 34 protesters, including 16 members of Congress, were arrested for Crowding, Obstruction or Incommoding, Capitol Police said.
Other Congress members arrested included Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Nydia Velazquez, Jackie Speier, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Cori Bush, Ayanna Pressley, Madeleine Dean, Barbara Lee, Katherine Clark, Sara Jacobs, Rashida Tlaib, Andy Levin, Alma Adams, Veronica Escobar, Ilhan Omar and Jan Schakowsky.
“There is no democracy if women do not have control over their own bodies and decisions about their own health, including reproductive care,” Maloney said in a statement after being arrested.
“I have the privilege of representing a state where reproductive rights are respected and protected — the least I can do is put my body on the line for the 33 million women at risk of losing their rights.
“The Republican Party and the right-wing extremists behind this decision are not pro-life, but pro-controlling the bodies of women, girls, and any person who can become pregnant.”
Rep. Levin said; “Our country has never really made a big changes, not expanded rights, based on some senators and representatives having a lovely conversation in the Capitol.
“It happens because of social movements. It happens because people march, people protest, people organize, people get arrested.”
