Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated she will not be apologizing for a tweet she posted last week in which she accused Senator Ted Cruz of almost having her killed during the Capitol riots on January 6.
When asked on Monday at an event in Queens whether she planned to apologize for accusing Cruz of almost having her “murdered” and calling for his resignation, Ocasio-Cortez defended her remarks.
“That’s not the quote and I will not apologize for what I said,” Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, said at the Queens event, as reported by The New York Post.
The harsh tweet was penned after Cruz agreed with a post Ocasio-Cortez had written about trading app Robinhood’s move to restrict certain transactions, and the need for a congressional hearing.
I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there’s common ground, but you almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out.
Happy to work w/ almost any other GOP that aren’t trying to get me killed.
In the meantime if you want to help, you can resign. https://t.co/4mVREbaqqm
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 28, 2021
Ocasio-Cortez has gone after Cruz and Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., for following President Donald Trump’s lead and echoing baseless rhetoric about the validity of the 2020 presidential election, which incited the deadly riot last month in D.C.
During an Instagram video where she detailed her experience on Jan. 6, she said the pair and Rep, Mo Brooks, R-Ala., remain a “present danger” because they have not taken responsibility for the impact of their words and actions.
“What that tells me is that when given another window of political opportunity for themselves, even if they know that it means that it will endanger their colleagues, they will do it again,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
At least one Republican, Representative Chip Roy, has called out AOC to issue an apology.
Chip wrote a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling Ocasio-Cortez’s social media post “completely unacceptable.”
