Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Feared She Could Be Sexually Assaulted During the Jan. 6 Insurrection

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Photo: CNN Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezis opening up about the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol, revealing that she worried about what the rioters would do to her if they made it to her office. In an interview featured in her episode of the newCNN seriesBeing…the congresswoman, 31, told reporter Dana Bash, “I didn’t think that I was just going to be killed,” adding, “I thought other things were going to happen to me as well.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Greeted at X-Rated Burlesque Show by Chants of 'Green New Deal!'

Photo: Courtesy of The McKittrick Hotel Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezand her Green New Deal proposal were welcomed at a celebration over the weekend. A source tells PEOPLE the congresswoman was at McKittrick Hotel’s Club Car for the late night XX-rated burlesque show “Bartschland Follies” with her boyfriend Riley Roberts on Friday evening. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Murray Hill.DKC/O&M Ocasio-Cortez took photos with drag queens and LGBT icons, including Murray Hill, who posted a photo of the pair with the caption, “The inspiring and formidable @ocasio2018 attended the @bartschland Follies show @themckittrick last night in NYC.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Helps Raise $2 Million in Relief for Texas

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty New York Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezsaid Friday that she would be flying to Texas that day, having helped raise more than $2 million for relief organizations in the state at the epicenter ofa deadly winter storm. In another tweet, the lawmaker seemed to nod to differences with Texas' Republican-controlled statehouse and legislature, writing, “Charity isn’t a replacement for good governance, but we won’t turn away from helping people in need when things hit the fan.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Hits Back at Trump's Claim That He's the 'Best Thing' for Puerto Rico

Photo: Julie Douxe/News Pictures/REX/Shutterstock; Samantha Burkardt/Getty Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezstepped in for some course correction after PresidentDonald Trumpappeared to offer a bit of revisionist history regarding his response to the hurricane that devastated Puerto Rico in 2017. As the areabraces for Hurricane Dorian, Trump lashed out against the territory on Twitter, slamming it as “one of the most corrupt places on earth” and praising himself as being “the best thing” to ever happen to the island.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is 'Thankfully Recovered' After Contracting COVID: It's 'No Joke'

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Photo: Samantha Burkardt/Getty Images New York Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezis “thankfully recovered and wrapping up quarantine” after a bout withCOVID-19— “probably omicron,” she added in aSunday Instagram post. “Covid was no joke,” the Brooklyn-based Democrat, 32, wrote after announcing more than a week ago that she’dcontracted the virus and was experiencing symptomseven though she was fully vaccinated and had received a booster. “For a while I’ve noted the term ‘mild’ is misleading when the bar is hospitalization and death,” she wrote in her Sunday post, listing a few potential lingering conditions people have reported post-infection that have collectively been referred to as “long COVID.