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AOC says she absolutely feels her life is in danger
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AOC says she absolutely feels her life is in danger
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is seen at outside the Capitol on April 1, 2022. Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Rep. (D-N.Y.) has "absolutely" felt her life has been in danger since she joined Congress, she said on CNN’s The big picture: Members of Congress have been about their personal safety and security after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, , was violently attacked in their home.Federal officials at the Department of Homeland Security and have charged by violent extremism, particularly around the . What she's saying: "It is a very real dynamic and very unfortunately and tragically we’ve seen political violence play out," Ocasio-Cortez said."It means when I wake up in the morning, I hesitate to walk my dog. It means when I come home, I have to ask my fiancé to come out to where my car is to walk me just from my car to my front door," she explained to Chris Wallace."It is a general disposition where you feel like there is almost a static electricity around you, and you're always just looking around," she said. "Your head is just on a swivel."When asked if she feels the job is worth it, she said "I actually believe that it very much shaped my political decisions because I started to feel ... that it was possible that I may not see the end of the year.""I said I don't know if I have time so I need to be as robust and urgent as possible to say what I need to say," she continued. Go deeper: