'If no one will protect us then I’ll do it myself': AOC left to fight racism, sexism on way to work

The disrespect people of color have to put up with just for having the skin color we have would likely be unimaginable if I didn’t happen to be a Black woman. It is infuriating to learn that a U.S. congresswoman, specifically Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, had to put up with that disrespect. ”I posted about a deeply disgusting incident that happened today on the Capitol steps, but took it down bc it’s clearly someone seeking extremist fame,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Wednesday. “It’s just a bummer to work in an institution that openly allowed this, but talking about it only invites more. Just really sad.”

Video the Democrat tweeted showed Alex Stein, a far-right social media personality, filming while yelling from the steps of the Capitol that the congresswoman “wants to kill babies, but she’s still beautiful.” That unfortunately is the kind of backhanded compliment you might expect any congresswoman to encounter amid Democratic activism in light of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade abortion protections. But the troll didn’t stop there.

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