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Protestors Confront AOC Over Her Refusal To Call Gaza War A "Genocide"

"You refuse to call it a genocide" - handful of protesters chase after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a Brooklyn movie theater, "You gonna cut it and take it out of context, I already said that it was" - AOC responded to protesters claims on refusing word "Genocide" , "This is fucked up, you are not helping those people", United States Representative added.

A group of pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday accosted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and her fiancé outside a movie theater in Brooklyn and demanded that she call Israel’s offensive in Gaza a "genocide."

Video obtained by Fox News Digital shows the protesters, phones in hand, approaching the congresswoman outside the Alabama Drafthouse.

"If you can’t say it, just say it. Literally. We’re just talking to you like normal people. Just say it’s a genocide. Just say it. Over 30,000 people are dead AOC, you can’t just say it for once?" another protester shouts, citing figures from the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. "Just say the word, that’s it. That’s all we want you to say."

A visibly angry Ocasio-Cortez tells the protesters that they’re going to clip the video so that her comments are "completely out of context."

She then appears to concede that Israel’s actions constitute a genocide.

"I already said that it was. And y’all are just gonna pretend that it wasn’t. Over and over again. It’s f---ed up man. And you’re not helping these people. You’re not helping them," Ocasio-Cortez says.

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 @VOTAasked…2yrs2Y

How might the weight of words like 'genocide' impact your view of a conflict, and is it important for politicians to be precise with such language?

 @VOTAasked…2yrs2Y

What does it mean for a person's integrity when they alter their public statements under pressure from protesters?

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