{"id":1563167,"date":"2022-07-20T15:24:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T19:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1563167"},"modified":"2022-07-20T15:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T19:34:35","slug":"reps-ocasio-cortez-mace-spar-after-dem-fakes-being-in-handcuffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reps-ocasio-cortez-mace-spar-after-dem-fakes-being-in-handcuffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Mace Spar After Dem \u2018Fakes Being In Handcuffs\u2019"},"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\">20<\/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%2Freps-ocasio-cortez-mace-spar-after-dem-fakes-being-in-handcuffs%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=1563167&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aoc-mace-e1658344050722.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace feuded on social media over Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s Tuesday arrest in front of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez was one of seventeen House Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/19\/ocasio-cortez-squad-escorted-away-supreme-court-protest\/\">arrested<\/a> at a pro-abortion rally. Many conservatives <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/19\/aoc-fakes-being-handcuffed-after-abortion-rights-protest-arrest\/\">claimed<\/a> that the \u201cSquad\u201d member posed dishonestly to make viewers believe she was handcuffed. Other <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/19\/house-democrats-arrested-outside-supreme-court\/\">arrestees<\/a> included Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley. The members were issued $50 fines for obstructing traffic, the New York Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Politics has become performative art. So of course [Ocasio-Cortez] fakes being in handcuffs. Performance, not policy, is the name of the game up here,\u201d Mace tweeted. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/23\/ben-sasse-supreme-court-cameras\/\"><strong>(RELATED: \u2018Jackassery\u2019: Sen. Sasse Calls For No Cameras Inside The Supreme Court)<\/strong><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez defended putting her hands behind her back in response, claiming that \u201cp<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">utting your hands behind your back is a best practice while detained, handcuffed or not, to avoid escalating charges like resisting arrest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">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.<\/p>\n<p>But given how you lied about a fellow rape survivor for \u201cpoints,\u201d as you put it to me, I don\u2019t expect much else from you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lUc1TPS21D\">pic.twitter.com\/lUc1TPS21D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1549809724513722374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In response, Mace shared a video showing Ocasio-Cortez pumping her fist in the air.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood theater though,\u201d Mace tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Idk. Here you are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aoc<\/a> breaking your fake handcuff pose for a good fist pump and shout out to the crowd \u2013 looking \u201ctough\u201d! Good theater though\u2026 \ud83d\udcaa\ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\udd42 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0kfihuevYa\">https:\/\/t.co\/0kfihuevYa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/68rjopkdMi\">pic.twitter.com\/68rjopkdMi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NancyMace\/status\/1549824121084706823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mace and Ocasio-Cortez have repeatedly feuded on social and digital media about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Ocasio-Cortez claimed that rioters banged on her office door, triggering her post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stemming from a sexual assault. Mace denied the story, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/04\/nancy-mace-slams-media-coverage-ocasio-cortez-capitol-riot-story\/\">noting<\/a> that the two lawmakers share the same hallway.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/04\/ocasio-cortez-nancy-mace-metoo-survivor-rape\/\">responded<\/a> by claiming that Mace, a victim of rape, \u201cdiscredited herself\u201d with the criticism and \u201cminimized\u201d the experiences of sexual assault victims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Politics has become performative art&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1563167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1563167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1563167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1563167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1563167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}