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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tore into U.S. Capitol Police for failing to forestall the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, alleging some officers were sympathetic to the event.
Ocasio-Cortez stressed that authorities never "got to the bottom" of whether officers aided and were "opening the doors" to rioters who stormed the Capitol while warning fellow lawmakers, "We're not safe" at the Capitol.
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"There were actual officers working with this, and we never got to the bottom of that, and we never got any answers about that," Ocasio-Cortez said Wednesday. "I have no idea what happened to the people on the inside, who were very clearly sympathetic with what was going on and opening the doors wide open for that."
Some footage circulated on social media after the riot showing officers standing aside or retreating while a mob of angry protesters swarmed the Capitol. Dozens arrested in the riot argued in court documents that officers had either not stopped them from entering the building or never told them they weren't allowed inside.
The New York Democrat also contended that workers in the building, such as janitors, are not safe.
"I'm supposed to sit here and pretend like none of that ever happened. And then, right afterwards, you just have this idea that throwing money at that problem is going to make it go away without any accountability," she continued. "This is where these things are breaking down. We're not safe. And it's not just about members of Congress not being safe — workers aren't safe."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/aoc-says-capitol-police-opened-doors-jan-6-rioters
Ocasio-Cortez stressed that authorities never "got to the bottom" of whether officers aided and were "opening the doors" to rioters who stormed the Capitol while warning fellow lawmakers, "We're not safe" at the Capitol.
AOC HARASSED OUTSIDE CAPITOL, SAYS SHE WAS ABOUT 'TO DECK' CATCALLER
"There were actual officers working with this, and we never got to the bottom of that, and we never got any answers about that," Ocasio-Cortez said Wednesday. "I have no idea what happened to the people on the inside, who were very clearly sympathetic with what was going on and opening the doors wide open for that."
Some footage circulated on social media after the riot showing officers standing aside or retreating while a mob of angry protesters swarmed the Capitol. Dozens arrested in the riot argued in court documents that officers had either not stopped them from entering the building or never told them they weren't allowed inside.
The New York Democrat also contended that workers in the building, such as janitors, are not safe.
"I'm supposed to sit here and pretend like none of that ever happened. And then, right afterwards, you just have this idea that throwing money at that problem is going to make it go away without any accountability," she continued. "This is where these things are breaking down. We're not safe. And it's not just about members of Congress not being safe — workers aren't safe."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/aoc-says-capitol-police-opened-doors-jan-6-rioters
