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LEFT OFF WITH CONGRESSWOMAN

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KATIE PORTER AND ALEXANDRIA

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OCASIO-CORTEZ.

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WHERE DID YOU GO ON THAT DAY

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WHEN THE CAPITOL WAS INVADED?

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AND AS A FRESHMAN, YOU DIDN’T

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KNOW -- YOU KNEW LESS THAN MOST

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MEMBERS ABOUT HOW MANY OPTIONS

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THERE WERE AND WHAT THE ESCAPE

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ROUTES MIGHT BE.

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>> CERTAINLY DIDN’T KNOW MUCH OF

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ANYTHING ABOUT THE ESCAPE

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ROUTES.

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I WAS IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER.

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I WAS IN THE THICK OF IT SEATED

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WITH THE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE

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LEADERSHIP TEAM.

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I’M THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE

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HOUSE LEADERSHIP.

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AND THE SPEAKER THE DAY BEFORE

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ASKED ME TO JOIN HER AND OTHERS,

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STENY HOYER AND THE LIKE, AND WE

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WERE LISTENING TO THIS

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RIDICULOUS DEBATE OVER MASS

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VOTER FRAUD THAT DID NOT

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ACTUALLY EXIST AND THEN THINGS

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QUICKLY BECAME MORE DRAMATIC

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WHEN SOMEONE AT THE SERGEANT AT

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ARMS OR THE CAPITOL POLICE MADE

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THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE

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CAPITOL HAD BEEN BREACHED.

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THAT THE SAME MOB THAT BREACHED

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THE CAPITOL WAS LIKELY HEADED

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TOWARD US IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER

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WHICH WAS A HARROWING

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ANNOUNCEMENT, TO SAY THE LEAST,

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FOLLOWED BY THE LOCKING DOWN OF

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THAT CHAMBER AND INSTRUCTIONS TO

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RETRIEVE GAS MASKS AND PREPARE

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TO LIE DOWN ON THE FLOOR IN THE

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EVENT OF GUNFIRE.
AND IN THE NICK OF TIME, WE WERE

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AND IN THE NICK OF TIME, WE WERE

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IN A MORE SECURE LOW QUAGSCATION

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NOT WITHOUT CONFUSION AND

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WITHOUT FIRST GOING TO A

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COMPLETELY UNSAFE LOCATION.

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>> WHAT WAS THE UNSAFE LOCATION

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THAT YOU WENT TO?

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>> IT WAS THE CAFETERIA THAT I

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AND SHERRY BUSTOS AND A FEW

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OTHER FOLKS WENT TO DUE TO THE

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COMPLETE LACK OF CLARITY WITH

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RESPECT TO WHERE WE OUGHT TO GO

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AFTER WE HAD NARROWLY ESCAPED

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THROUGH ONE OF THE SIDE DOORS OF

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THE HOUSE CHAMBER.

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AFTER A HALLWAY HAD --

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>> AND DID YOU THEN GATHER WITH

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THE REST OF THE HOUSE MEMBERS

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WHO WERE IN THAT PLACE WHERE

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MOST OF THEM WERE?

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>> YES.

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WE WERE THEN ESCORTED TO THE

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APPROPRIATE PLACE AND WHAT WAS

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SUPPOSED TO BE A MORE SECURE

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LOCATION WHERE I QUICKLY

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OBSERVED TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT I

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WAS MORE AFRAID OF GETTING

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COVID-19 FROM -- FROM MY

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REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES WHO EVEN

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IN THAT ROOM OF ABOUT 200 PEOPLE

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WERE STILL REFUSING TO WEAR

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THEIR MANK SSKS.

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EVEN JUST DAYS EARLIER SOMEONE

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OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS DIED OF

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COVID-19, THAN I WAS BEING BY

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BEING KILLED BY ONE OF THE MOB

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MEMBERS.

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>> ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ WAS

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AFRAID OF BEING IN THAT ROOM,

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TOO, AND REFUSED TO STAY IN THAT

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ROOM BUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL

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REASON.

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LET’S LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAID

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ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.

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>> WHEN WE DID FIND OUT WHAT THE

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EXTRACTION POINT WAS AND WE

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FOUND OUT THAT ALL THE MEMBERS

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OF CONGRESS WERE BEING DIRECTED

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TO THIS ONE POINT, AND WITH THE

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AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THIS

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SITUATION, I JUST FELT LIKE, I’M

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NOT GOING THERE.

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LIKE, THERE WERE MEMBERS WHO

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WERE LIVE TWEETING THE LOCATION

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OF THE SPEAKER THAT WERE

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PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN THAT

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EXTRACTION POINT.

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THEY WERE STILL -- THERE WAS

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STILL UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHETHER

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THERE WERE STILL BOMBS

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THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

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IT JUST LEGITIMATELY DID NOT

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FEEL SAFE.

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>> WITH REPUBLICAN MEMBERS LIKE

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MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE AND

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OTHERS, SHE WAS AFRAID TO BE IN

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THE ROOM WITH THEM BECAUSE SHE

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THOUGHT THE LOCATION COULD BE

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BETRAYED BY THEM.

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>> AND FOR GOOD REASON.

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I SHARED HER CONCERN.
YOU KNOW, IN THAT ROOM THERE WAS

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YOU KNOW, IN THAT ROOM THERE WAS

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AN ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY THE

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RESPECTIVE CAUCUS CHAIRS, HAKEEM

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JEFFREYS AND LIZ CHENEY, THAT

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MEMBERS IN THAT ROOM WERE LIVE

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TWEETING AND OTHERWISE DOING

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INTERVIEWS REVEALING OUR

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LOCATIONLOW

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LOCATION

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LOCATION.

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DESPITE HAVING BEEN INSTRUCTED

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FOR OBVIOUS REASONS THAT FRANKLY

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SHOULD NOT HAVE REQUIRED

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INSTRUCTION NOT TO DISCLOSE THE

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WHEREABOUTS OF 200 MEMBERS OF

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CONGRESS WHO HAD JUST NARROWLY

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ESCAPED A MASSACRE IN THE HOUSE

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CHAMBER MINUTES BEFORE.

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YOU CANNOT TRUST A NUMBER OF

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THESE PEOPLE AND THAT IS -- THAT

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IS AN EXTRAORDINARY THING TO SAY

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ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT YOUR

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COLLEAGUES IN THE UNITED STATES

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CONGRESS, BUT THE FACT IS THAT A

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NUMBER OF THESE PEOPLE IN

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ADDITION TO HAVING INCITED THAT

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VIOLENT INRECOLLECTIONSURRECTION

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LIKELY WERE COORDINATING MORE

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EXPLICITLY WITH THESE PEOPLE AND

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SO THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING

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AND EVERY DAY WE LEARN MORE