The match started off quite friendly, as Raichik seemed to hide his identity at first as they posed for a photo together. He later told the progressive lawmaker: “I just filed an ethics complaint with his office because he lied about me at a committee hearing.”
“Actually I didn’t, because you’re actually super transphobic, and I never want to share a space with you. Thank you!” Ocasio-Cortez snapped back before walking off.
A trans rights activist also shared the clip, praising Ocasio-Cortez for shutting down Raichik.”directly to his face.
“i bet i didOcasio-Cortez responded on Twitter. “NYC doesn’t play with fanatics and transphobes and neither do I.”
Raichik, known for his anti-LGBTQ activism, had just visited the lawmaker’s office to deliver a complaint accusing Ocasio-Cortez of defaming her at a recent hearing. said the legislator Raichik’s 2022 tweet stating that Boston Children’s Hospital provided gender-affirming hysterectomies for little girls was “false information.” A doctor at that hospital discussed the procedure on video, but did not say who was eligible.
