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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pretended to be handcuffed Tuesday while U.S. Capitol Police arrested her and 16 other lawmakers during a pro-choice protest ...

Fellow “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar was also caught on tape putting her hands behind her back as if she were handcuffed, though the Minnesota Democrat couldn’t resist the urge to raise her right hand and acknowledge the crowd as well. She wasn’t alone. Social media was abuzz with clips of the New York Democrat putting her hands behind her back as if she were handcuffed — despite the fact that she wasn’t.

More than a dozen US lawmakers, most from the Democratic Women's Caucus, were arrested by US Capitol police on Tuesday during an abortion-rights rally in ...

AOC, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Among House Dems Arrested in Abortion Rights Protest Outside Supreme Court ... Several Democratic members of Congress were ...

Abortion rights are human rights, and we won't stop fighting until our policies and budgets reflect that fundamental truth." "This Supreme Court has been relentless in stripping away our reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy, but we're not backing down," she said. I joined my Democratic Women's Caucus colleagues in a civil disobedience action outside the Supreme Court. We won't go back!" She captioned that footage, "Today I was arrested while participating in a civil disobedience action with my fellow Members of Congress outside the Supreme Court. I will continue to do everything in my power to raise the alarm about the assault on our reproductive rights! They began their protest at the Capitol before heading to the Supreme Court. After ignoring police's commands to "cease and desist" the protesters were arrested while stating, "The people, united, will never be divided." Police shared an update roughly an hour later and said that 35 people were arrested "for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding," including 17 members of congress.

The collapse of the political into the emotional is great news for people like AOC. Unfortunately, turning constituents into adoring fans means you have ...

This is no accident: Social media has given our politicians the power to generate spectacles and dramatic, emotional scenarios that reframe their power in emotional, rather than political terms. The Congresswomen's antics perfectly encapsulate how the performative conventions of social media—with staples like virtue signaling and self victimization—are infecting the way our politicians conduct and aggrandize themselves in public. Performative duress is now a common mode of operation for a new generation of politicians who have been shaped by social media and are armed and ready with the toolkit of the digital influencer.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and other Democratic members of Congress were arrested outside of the Supreme Court on Tuesday protesting the ...

At one point she uncrossed her hands and raised her fists to the other protesters. 'The Supreme Court has dramatically overreached its authority. Ocasio-Cortez is escorted by police away from the protest. 'The Supreme Court will not stop us. We got us,' Rep. Cori Bush wrote on Twitter. Wade protest (and pretends like she is in cuffs) Jackson Women's Health Organization in June. The congresswoman is pictured with her hands behind her back, but she is not in handcuffs She has her hands behind her back, as if she were handcuffed, but she is not Ocasio-Cortez was seen walking escorted away by police with her hands crossed behind her back, as if she were in handcuffs, but she was not. - Ocasio-Cortez was seen walking escorted away by police with her hands crossed behind her back, as if she were in handcuffs, but she was not - A total of 34 arrests - 16 of them members of Congress - were made at the demonstration Tuesday, according to Capitol Police

On July 19 (local time), several members of the US Congress, including Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Alma Adams and others, were arrested by Capitol ...

The abortion rights protests have been happening outside the Supreme Court building since a draft of the opinion in Dobbs v. because they literally only showed up for a minute to get a photo op pretending to be arrested.— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) She was called out by netizens for reaching late that too, for a short span of the protest. because they literally only showed up for a minute to get a photo op pretending to be arrested.” The office of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) published a video of her ‘arrest’ where she was holding her hands behind her back, appearing as if she had been handcuffed. In the 16-second video, AOC was seen being taken away by the Capitol Police. Her hands were at the back, and a Police Officer was holding her from the elbow. Ilhan Omar also shared a video where she allegedly pretended to be handcuffed. However, at the 10-second mark in the video, AOC raised her right hand-closed fist to greet the supporters, possibly out of excitement as they were cheering. Author and columnist Tim Young wrote, “It’s about 92 degrees in DC today… However, the video left netizens amused as she was apparently only pretending to be handcuffed. This is the standard way how Police take away someone who is handcuffed. They were arrested for participating in an abortion rights protest.

US Capitol police say demonstrators blocked traffic on a nearby road and were given three warnings before the arrests.

The US Capitol police said on Twitter that the demonstrators had blocked traffic on a nearby road and were given three warnings before officers made the arrests. Twenty-six US states are likely or certain to ban abortion after the fall of Roe v Wade, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights group. The US Capitol police say demonstrators blocked traffic on a nearby road and were given three warnings before officers made the arrests.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee joined "Fox & Friends First" to react to the 'fake handcuffs' stunt from AOC and Ilhan Omar at a Supreme Court ...

They'll throw the book at you and this ridiculous escapade here. Peter Navarro. He got them at the airport at Reagan National when he was getting on a plane. I think that people are getting beyond sick of this double standard of justice, where if you're on the far left, you can do anything you doggone well want to.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., responded to the "fake handcuffs" incident involving Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.

They actually want to pack the court. But what I will say, more importantly, they don't want to just intimidate the court. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y. said Wednesday some left-wing Democrats believe it's "politically expedient" to be arrested.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) is being mocked for pretending to be handcuffed following a pro-abortion rights protest Tuesday.

"But go ahead, be proud of your childish arrest." Her image is what matters, not the people she was elected to serve." "The funniest part about this video of AOC being escorted out by Capitol Police is her pretending to be in handcuffs," digital strategist Caleb Hull said.

Despite partisan accusations that Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar “faked” or “staged” being arrested while protesting outside the Supreme ...

Ocasio-Cortez said that there was nothing fake about her arrest and that “putting your hands behind your back is a best practice while detained.” They were given citations and told to leave the area. These images and videos were authentic. That conspiratorial claim was predicated on the fact that, no, Capitol Police did not handcuff Omar and Ocasio-Cortez (or any other lawmakers) while arresting them. Capitol Police confirmed they were arrested and cited on suspicion of misdemeanors on July 19, 2022. Capitol Police truly arrested 17 members of the House of Representatives for allegedly violating DC Code § 22–1307, which prohibits people from blocking public roadways. As videos and photographs of these arrests went viral on social media, many people noticed that some Democratic lawmakers, such as U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., had their hands behind their backs despite not being handcuffed. Capitol Police wrote on Twitter that officers gave the protesters three warnings about blocking traffic. The spokesperson said: When the protesters refused to leave, the agency said, officers started making arrests. The claim that these arrests were “faked” or “staged” was based in part on the observation that none of the people protesting, including members of Congress, were handcuffed. In other words, while members of Congress were indeed arrested by Capitol Police during the July protest, they were not taken into custody.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was widely mocked on social media after she faked being handcuffed following her arrest at a pro-abortion protest.

There are no handcuffs on her lmfaoooo.” Republic commentator Matt Whitlock wrote, “Oh my gosh @AOC faking handcuffs. Article content

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied "faking" being handcuffed by police after she was accused of performing political theater during an abortion rights ...

"I’m not even going to discuss it right now, but I will never forget that moment for the rest of my life." Ocasio-Cortez's feud with Mace dates back to February 2021, after Mace suggested Ocasio-Cortez was exaggerating her fears of being hurt during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. A Mace spokeswoman clarified at the time that Mace’s comment "was a critique of media twisting AOC’s account, not of AOC." She then raised a fist to the crowd in solidarity, showing she wasn't being constrained. "Putting your hands behind your back is a best practice while detained, handcuffed or not, to avoid escalating charges like resisting arrest. Video caught Ocasio-Cortez being escorted by a police officer with her hands behind her back in the typical handcuffs pose.