AOC denies 'faking' handcuffs after being detained in Supreme Court protest
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied "faking" being handcuffed by police after she was accused of performing political theater during an abortion rights protest Tuesday.
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Omar, too, briefly raised her fist to the crowd while walking away from the protest with her hands behind her back, video showed.
The Democrats received a wave of ridicule from conservatives for the stunt, including Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., who tweeted, "Politics has become performative art. So of course @aoc fakes being in handcuffs. Performance, not policy, is the name of the game up here."
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