{"id":1554690,"date":"2022-07-14T16:37:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554690"},"modified":"2022-07-14T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:38:00","slug":"aoc-makes-surprise-admission-about-us-capitol-police-opening-the-doors-on-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-makes-surprise-admission-about-us-capitol-police-opening-the-doors-on-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Makes Surprise Admission About US Capitol Police \u2018Opening the Doors\u2019 on Jan. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-makes-surprise-admission-about-us-capitol-police-opening-the-doors-on-jan-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554690&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-alexandria-ocasio-cortez\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-N.Y.) claimed Wednesday that the U.S. Capitol Police were \u201copening the doors\u201d for individuals who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez made the comment in reference to a comedian, Alex Stein, having posted a video that appeared to troll the socialist lawmaker about her dress and appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities never \u201cgot to the bottom\u201d of whether Capitol Police officers were \u201copening the doors\u201d on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were actual officers working with this, and we never got to the bottom of that, and we never got any answers about that,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said Wednesday, adding that \u201cwe\u2019re not safe\u201d at the Capitol. \u201cI have no idea what happened to the people on the inside, who were very clearly sympathetic with what was going on and opening the doors wide open for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And on Twitter, Ocasio-Cortez responded to her own comments to reporters and called on viewers to \u201cremember how there was tons of footage and evidence of officers [and] others inside\u201d on Jan. 6 who were allegedly \u201csupporting\u201d people who breached the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut then everyone decided it was too politically risky to investigate thoroughly so they brushed under the rug and now we still have no idea who or what is safe?\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1547426024316616705\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of her intention, Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s comment about officers \u201copening the doors\u201d is one of the first from a prominent Democrat lawmaker about whether Capitol Police officers opened up the famous Columbus Doors, which weigh 10 tons, before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/someone-opened-the-doors-from-the-inside-jan-6-defense-attorney-says_4242633.html\">allowing<\/a> Jan. 6 protesters inside the Capitol Rotunda.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, a defense\u00a0attorney representing one of the Jan. 6 defendants wrote to federal prosecutors about the alleged incident. It came as a\u00a0Department of Justice video showed a man attempting to open the inner doors before turning around as if to listen to someone before opening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) claimed Wednesday that the U.S. Capitol Police were \u201copening the doors\u201d for individuals who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Ocasio-Cortez made the comment in reference to a comedian, Alex Stein, having posted a video that appeared to troll the socialist lawmaker about her dress and appearance. 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