Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., had to silence an anti-Israel protester who called her a “liar” at her Queens town hall Friday night – eventually leading to the protester to be ejected.

“I want to know what you’re doing about the genocide in Gaza!” the woman reportedly shouted, pointing at AOC on the stage, and referring to Israel’s war on Gaza. “Shame on you! You’re a liar!”

AOC first tried to silence the protester by saying she would be “happy” to take the question in the question and answer portion of the town hall, but AOC asked for peace and quiet to get her message out first on Department of Government Efficiency cuts leaving portions of the district “under threat,” according to the Independent U.K.

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