AOC said January 6 was a fascist dress rehearsal for Republicans’ expulsions of the Tennessee 3 and Montana’s trans Rep. Zephyr.
from the legislature earlier this month. At the rally, she said that the January 6 attack was just one of the first steps toward the GOP’s goal of total political control; rather than a large, violent coup, the GOP is implementing a slow takeover across the country.
“For [Republicans], January 6 was just a dress rehearsal. Because, legally, let’s not lose the plot: They were trying to block a duly elected official, in this case the president of the United States, from taking office,” she said. “Legislatures across the country looked at that and [said], ‘you know what? Let’s try to get Representative Jones out from office. Let’s try to get Rep. Zooey Zephyr in Montana out of office. Let’s try to kick out the people because we cannot beat them,’” continued Ocasio-Cortez. “That is their motive.”Zephyr, a Democrat and the first openly trans woman to be elected to the state’s legislature, from the House chamber for the remainder of the legislative session.
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