Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was accosted outside a movie theater by pro-Palestinian activists. (FNTV)
"Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows. To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable ... that’s the point," she posted.
Those posts have come back to haunt Ocasio-Cortez several times in the years since, as she has complained when protesters targeted her at various events.
In the video that surfaced Monday, protesters, phones in hand, are seen approaching the congresswoman outside the Alamo Drafthouse.
"It’s not OK that there’s a genocide happening, and you’re not actively against it," one of the protesters tells her.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks to the media outside the Thomas P. O'Neil Jr. House Office Building on Feb. 28, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Ocasio-Cortez once defended protesters accosting people in public, arguing, "the whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable." (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Integrity Project)
One of the protesters asks whether Ocasio-Cortez is concerned her comments would "go viral."
A visibly angry Ocasio-Cortez tells the protesters that they are 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.
Ocasio-Cortez has repeatedly condemned Israel’s retaliation after the Oct. 7 massacre, in which Hamas militants killed 1,200 civilians, injured hundreds more, and took around 250 hostages.
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She has called for a cease-fire and suggested the U.S. "conditioning aid, if not cutting aid to the Netanyahu government."
Just weeks after the Oct. 7 attack, Ocasio-Cortez accused Israel of committing war crimes, while qualifying that she was not defending Hamas.
Fox News Digital's Bradford Betz contributed to this report.
Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
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