AOC Pushes Back Hard On GOP's Fake 'Handcuffs Scandal'

By John Amato — July 21, 2022

On Tuesday, 17 House Democrats were arrested for protesting outside the Supreme Court over their disastrous ruling to overturn of Roe V Wade.

There were 35 arrests made by the Capitol police at the protest.

Rep. Omar tweeted, "Today I was arrested while participating in a civil disobedience action with my fellow Members of Congress outside the Supreme Court. I will continue to do everything in my power to raise the alarm about the assault on our reproductive rights!"

But if you tuned into Fox News, right wing Twitter, or any other conservative outlet, the focus was not about the horrendous decision by the Supreme Court that takes a away the right for women to control their own bodies.

Instead, MAGA and the wingnuts once again tried to distract, obfuscate and confuse their viewers away from that monumental decision to focus on a faux scandal about handcuffs.

(Check out the 1:14 of the above video. If AOC was faking then she busted herself in a few seconds which is ridiculous.)

AOC: If I was pretending to be handcuffed, "why would I intentionally fist-pump somebody? It's so silly."

Fox News pundit: "She's the Jussie Smollett of Congress! Word to the wise: if you fake being handcuffed, don’t put your fist in the air. It kinda gives it all away." pic.twitter.com/4J5Bc5WkeJ

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) July 20, 2022

No faking here. Putting your hands behind your back is a best practice while detained, handcuffed or not, to avoid escalating charges like resisting arrest.

But given how you lied about a fellow rape survivor for “points,” as you put it to me, I don’t expect much else from you. pic.twitter.com/lUc1TPS21D

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 20, 2022

As a public defender, I can attest, if you’re being arrested one of the safest things to do is put your hands behind your back or where an officer can see them. And then remember, DO NOT TALK TO THE COPS. Invoke your right to silence and ask for a lawyer immediately.

— Eliza Orlins (@elizaorlins) July 20, 2022

The Democratic lawmakers made their point very effectively.

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