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On the recordJanuary 15, 2021
There were QAnon and white supremacist sympathizers and, frankly, white supremacist members of Congress in that extraction point, who I know and who I have felt would disclose my location, and allow me to -- who would create opportunities to allow me to be hurt, kidnapped, et cetera.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

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Ocasio-Cortez expresses concern about the presence of white supremacist members of Congress during the Capitol riot.

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