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On the recordMarch 3, 2021
So I hide behind my door, like this, like I`m here, and the bathroom door starts going like this, like the bathroom doors behind me or rather in front of me. And I`m like this and the door hinges right here. And I just hear where is she? Where is she? And this was the moment where I thought everything was over.
Said by
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Describing her experience during the January 6 insurrection.

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