Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has spoken out after video emerged appearing to show House Republican Lauren Boebert engaging in what the New York congresswoman described as “sexually lewd acts” in a Colorado theater on September 10.

Boebert and a male companion were thrown out of the Buell Theatre in Denver after repeatedly vaping, using a cell phone and “causing a disturbance” during a performance of musical Beetlejuice.

Surveillance footage from inside the theater appeared to show Boebert’s male accomplice groping her breasts, and then being groped in turn by the Republican firebrand. In a statement, Boebert apologized for her behavior, which she claimed “fell short of my values,” but made no reference to the alleged sexual acts.

Ocasio-Cortez responded to the controversy in a one-minute video posted to her 323,000 TikTok followers on Thursday, in response to a viewer’s question.

She commented: "All I gotta say is I can’t go out to lunch in Florida in my free time, not doing anything, just eating outside and it’s wall-to-wall Fox News coverage and then you have a member of Congress engaging is sexually lewd acts in a public theater and they got nothing to say.”

“I danced to Phoenix once in college and it was like all over the place. But putting on a whole show of their own at Beetlejuice and there’s nothing? I’m just saying be consistent. That’s all I’m asking for. Equal treatment. I don’t expect it, but come on.”

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I love her, downvote me if you must.

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75 points

Say what you will about pronouns, sometimes they aren’t clear.

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Wait, what? I’ve just reread my comment like 50 times trying to figure out what you mean.

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78 points

“Her” could refer to AOC or Boebert. It is technically unclear.

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Are you referring to Boobert or AOC?

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I kinda dislike her, but anyone dancing to Phoenix is alright.

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AOC unfortunately became an establishment Democrat pretty quickly. She’s all about the party nowadays.

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You mean she’s learning how to build coalitions to get real policy enacted? Or is she not enough purist leftie for you?

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Oh is that what she’s doing? Yeah you can’t rush stuff like that. But those people who criticize her will be eating their words with a giant spoon when those coalitions eventually bear fruit.

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But I’m a child and think all my opinions should be law.

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Nancy gave her a taste of the whoopin stick, and suddenly she let go her two most progressive and influential staffers. Since then, she’s toed the party line, including voting to break the railway strike.

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Real policy like what? Doing the same thing as before?

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There’s no such thing as liberals or leftists in u.s politics. Just conservatives and ultra conservatives. The grossest thing is that even the Democrats are infected now, you can’t even criticize Biden (A man deserving of a career of criticism) or someone calls you a right winger. Anyone who isn’t on the same spectrum of politics as you is a right winger, even people more far left than you.

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You don’t pass bills with 1 vote. Coalition building is a necessary part of democracy. If you don’t believe in coalition building, you don’t actually believe in democracy…

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I fucking hate being left on issues because how much the left doesn’t figure out the game.

On a post about AOC literally complaining about how effective the right is at suppressing voices on the left. You comment ‘you know why AOC is a big dumb bitch’

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It’s tribalism, party over country

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