AOC Says Colleagues ‘Wish Me Harm’ After Newly Released Jan. 6 Committee Footage

Just hours after the House January 6 committee claimed a man who toured the Capitol complex with Rep. Barry Loudermilk threatened to kill him, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she works with people who wish her harm.

In a video released by the committee Wednesday, a man is shown marching toward the Capitol in January 2021, yelling "there's no escape" and rattling off a list of Democratic lawmakers.

The same man is said to have taken photos of hallways, tunnels, and staircases during a tour of the Capitol complex.

Many members of Congress have used my name to encourage violence, I told reporters.

Forbes reached out to Loudermilk's office

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Loudermilk has denied that the tours he offered to his people were suspicious. In a Monday letter to the House Administration Committee's top Republican, Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said "we do not consider any of the activities we observed to be suspicious" The January 6 committee was leading a "smear campaign" according to Loudermilk.

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She has been the target of inflammatory rhetoric in the past, but she didn't mention any specific lawmakers who used her name to "incite violence." The congressman shared a video of himself killing the democrat. Ted Cruz made fun of her last year for saying she feared for her life during the Capitol riot.

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"I experienced the January 6 riot as a culmination of the violent rhetoric, not a first time or a one-time spike in violent rhetoric," she stated.

The footage of the rioter on the tour of the capitol was released by the committee.