Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Opens Up About Israel Iron Dome Vote That Left Her in Tears: 'Yes, I Wept'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Photo: House of Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezhas apologized andprovided a lengthy explanationfor her reaction to a recent vote in the U.S. House of Representatives that left her in tears. That vote split her from other progressives in the House, including Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. The bill, which passed 420 to nine, green-lights $1 billion in additional funding forIsrael’s Iron Dome defense system, which shields the country from aerial attacks.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Recovering at Home After Testing Positive for Breakthrough COVID-19

Photo: ERIK S LESSER/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockU.S. Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezhas tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19.According to a statement released on Ocasio-Cortez’sTwitteron Sunday, the Brooklyn-based Democratic congresswoman is symptomatic while also being fully vaccinated and boostered.“Representative Ocasio-Cortez has received a positive test result for COVID-19,” the statement began. “She is experiencing symptoms and recovering at home. The Congresswoman received her booster shot this Fall, and encourages everyone to get their booster and follow all CDC guidance.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Remembers Dad's Rare Cancer Diagnosis and How Their Family 'Almost Lost Our Home'

Photo: William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images New York City Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezknows first-hand the toll illness can take on a family, having lost her father to cancer in 2008. The congresswoman, 29, recently relayed the story of dad Sergio Ocasio-Roman’s struggle and the financial tailspin into which his loved ones were plunged after his death. Ocasio-Roman, 48, died in September 2008 — just before his daughter started her sophomore year at Boston University.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Responds After 'Creepy' Republican Colleague Tweets Anime Clip of Him Attacking Her

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left), Paul Gosar.Photo: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/Shutterstock; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ Getty In a series of tweets, 32-year-old Ocasio-Cortez said that Arizona Rep. Gosar, 62, posted “a fantasy video of him killing me” while she was traveling to Glasgow, Scotland, calling the Republican “a creepy member I work with who fundraises for Neo-Nazi groups.” (That was in apparent reference to an eventGosar hostedwith a white nationalist.) Ocasio-Cortez, a favorite target of Republicans because of her progressive politics, went on to contend that Gosar will “face no consequences bc [Republican leader Kevin McCarthy] cheers him on with excuses.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Responds to Being Called 'Young Lady' by Colleague During Spending Bill Dispute

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left), Joe Manchin.Photo: Jenny Anderson/ABC via Getty; Greg Nash-Pool/Getty New York Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezis taking fellow DemocratJoe Manchinto task for what she called “weird, patronizing behavior,” after the West Virginia senator called her “young lady” amid a split in their party over a sweeping new bill. “In Washington, I usually know my questions of power are getting somewhere when the powerful stop referring to me as ‘Congresswoman’ and start referring to me as ‘young lady’ instead,” Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive,tweeted Sundayof her moderate colleague.