https://www.gq.com/story/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-october-cover-profile
"For her first two years in Washington, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez walked the few
blocks from her apartment to her congressional office nearly every morning, a
routine she felt forced to change after a treasonous mob stormed the Capitol.
Now she drives most days—a comically short commute she considers a necessary
safety precaution. But for some reason—she’s not quite sure why—the
congresswoman decided to walk to work on what would become Washington’s most
tumultuous morning since the insurrection.
As she reached the Capitol grounds on June 24, a group of men stopped her for a
photo. “I said ‘Hello’ and ‘How are you all doing?’ ” she’d later recall.
“They’re like, ‘Well, you know… We’ve definitely been a lot better, given this
morning.’ ”
This was how the congresswoman learned that the Supreme Court had gutted the
constitutional right to abortion established by Roe v. Wade. The ruling had
been anticipated for weeks—after a draft opinion from the court’s conservative
faction leaked—but somehow much of Washington still managed to appear
blindsided. Democrats had expected to spend the afternoon celebrating the
passage of a new gun control law. Now their day had morphed into a wake.
Out on the steps of the Capitol, a group of lawmakers gathered to sing “God
Bless America,” a preplanned photo op that now read as hopelessly out of touch:
Angry Americans were spilling into the streets and elected Democrats were
singing campfire songs. Ocasio-Cortez knew where she needed to be. It wasn’t at
a sing-along."
Via Muse, who wrote "Super article about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez."
Cheers,
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