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- Ocasio-Cortez's office vandalized amid 'multiple threats' to her life, campaign manager says</p>
<p>Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAYJuly 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM</p>
<p>WASHINGTON — New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaign office in the Bronx was vandalized on July 21 amid "multiple threats on the Congresswoman's life" in recent days, according to her campaign manager Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben.</p>
<p>Multiple images on social media show her New York campaign office splattered with red paint and a sign that says, "AOC funds genocide in Gaza."</p>
<p>"Our office is a hub in the community and we want it to be a safe space for all of our neighbors," Hidalgo-Wohlleben wrote in a July 22 tweet.</p>
<p>He added that, "In the past few days, we also have received multiple threats on the Congresswoman's life and we are treating this seriously with our security partners to make sure she, our staff, and volunteers are safe."</p>
<p>It wasn't immediately clear who threatened the progressive lawmaker or vandalized her office.</p>
<p>Ocasio-Cortez recently voted against against an amendment to a defense bill that would have cut off $500 million for Israel's missile defense programs. She faced backlash over the decision from some fellow figures on the left.</p>
<p>The lawmaker has defended herself on the vote, saying on X that the amendment, authored by conservative Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, "does nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza."</p>
<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks after Mahmoud Khalil arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport on June 21, 2025, in Newark, New Jersey.</p>
<p>"I have long stated that I do not believe that adding to the death count of innocent victims to this war is constructive to its end. That is a simple and clear difference of opinion that has long been established," she shared.</p>
<p>Ocasio-Cortez did vote against the defense bill as a whole, which includes $122.5 million for U.S.-Israel cooperative development programs, according to the House Appropriations Committee. The bill passed the House mostly along party lines by a vote of 221-209 on July 18.</p>
<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: AOC receives threats, her New York office vandalized, staffer says</p>
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