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Tuesday, 2 February 2021

I haven't told many people - only a few million



New York Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has tearfully revealed that she is a survivor of sexual assault as she talked about the trauma she felt during the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol.

The 31-year-old made the revelation during a 90 minute Instagram live video on Monday night that has been viewed more than 1.4 million times.

'I'm a survivor of sexual assault, I haven't told many people that in my life.

'As a survivor, I struggle with the idea of being believed.'

She gave no details about the assault or when it took place.

4 comments:

wiggiatlarge said...

This couldn't be her drawing attention to herself, again, we live in age "were things that never happened" are now standard practice online and in politics as a way to get on the front pages or seek the sympathy vote.

https://sg.style.yahoo.com/aoc-calls-acts-betrayal-during-063917154.html

No facts given here either, how do people like that end up in positions of power, but it is now a problem world wide as recent events show and the standard of those who govern sinks to an all time low.

Ed P said...

Occasionally-Coherent must be suffering from a lack of media attention to reveal her traumatic past. I hope she's still got a few more stored memories, ready for release when she's not in the spotlights.

Doonhamer said...

Somewhere there is someone who is still having nightmares about her/his/their first and only attempt at kissing someone without the written consent of the "victim".
I can only think that the perpetrator was drunk, drugged up, or a Democrat, and made the approach from the rear.
Lucky to get away without face being chewed off.

A K Haart said...

Wiggia - I agree, why do people vote for them? It's a weakness of democracy which should exclude such people but doesn't.

Ed - I'm sure you are right, it is a lack of media attention, but she may still be working on those stored "memories".

Doonhamer - and even written consent could be claimed as forced written consent at a later date. Once the integrity goes, that's it.