AOC blames 2020 lockdown ‘rhetoric’ for past ‘defund the police’ support

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested the “rhetoric” seen during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in 2020 was to blame for her past support of the “defund the police” movement. “During this time and especially during COVID, there was a huge opening of the Overton window,” she said on ABC’s This Week on Sunday. “We were shut…