US Capitol Police says AOC “did not request that USCP initiate an investigation” on Ryan Wentz. He asked her about what could be done to facilitate peace between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians. Miller of the New York Jewish Community Relations Council. The interview with Ocasio-Cortez that spurred Wentz’s original tweet was conducted by Michael S. Investigator Christopher Van Klaveren of the California Highway Patrol, whom Wentz identified as one of the officers who visited him Thursday, did not return a phone call from The Post. The Post was unable to reach Wentz Saturday. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s office has previously requested supporters to “scan your social media to find posts with misleading information” about the congresswoman. Previously, in February 2019, AOC tweeted that her office was being flooded with “bigoted calls” and said it “forwards all the threats to Capitol Police to build files.” Rep. 4, her campaign emailed supporters asking them to “scan your social media to find posts with misleading information” about the congresswoman, and “use the built-in report feature to flag them for moderators.” Ocasio-Cortez’s office has publicly asked for help in identifying critics in the past, however.

As it pertains to this incident, the Congresswomen (sic) did not request that USCP initiate an investigation.” AOC spokeswoman Lauren Hitt said the congresswoman had not asked police to intervene following Ryan Wentz’s tweet. This is standard operating procedure for the Department. “The Department also monitors open and classified sources to identify and investigate threats. “USCP investigates all threats that are reported by Congressional offices,” the department said. Wentz said the officers “right off the bat” described his tweet as a “threat to kill a sitting member of Congress.” Ryan Wentz says he “lightly criticized for a disappointing answer in response to a question about Palestine/Israel.”īut AOC spokeswoman Lauren Hitt told The Post Saturday the congresswoman had not asked police to intervene in any way, and said her office has asked Capitol Police to explain what happened.ĪOC was not behind the police visit to Wentz, who is the cohost of the left-wing podcast “Left Bitches,” the Capitol Police said in a statement. It was done on behalf of a congresswoman who advocates against police state tactics.” “I felt scared, intimidated, and violated,” he tweeted. At first, the two officers yelling his name sounded like, “my Postmates delivery,” Wentz said in a podcast Friday.

“I lightly criticized for a disappointing answer in response to a question about Palestine/Israel,” Wentz tweeted.Īs a result, he said, police arrived at his address. Ryan Wentz, who goes by the Twitter handle said the plainclothes California Highway Patrol officers came to his door Thursday, after he posted video of some vague remarks made by Ocasio-Cortez on Israel and Palestine and criticized her comments as “incredibly underwhelming.”

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