The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on February 04, 2019, 05:54:36 pm
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4 Feb 2019
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) will bring a woman to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address who protested then-Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) in a Capitol Hill elevator over his support for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s comfirmation.
Ana Maria Archila, co-executive direct of the progressive advocacy group the Center for Popular Democracy, confronted the Arizona Republican as he made his way to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to advance Kavanaugh’ nomination to a full Senate floor vote.
In a statement to The Intercept, Archila said expressed gratidue for Ocasio-Cortez’s invitation to Tuesday’s high-stakes speech.
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/04/ocasio-cortezs-sotu-guest-jeff-flakes-elevator-protester/ (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/04/ocasio-cortezs-sotu-guest-jeff-flakes-elevator-protester/)