For context, on the evening of May 2, 2025, during a town hall meeting in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, a self-identified “healthcare worker” aggressively challenged AOC in the midst of her presentation, demanding to know her response to the “genocide in Gaza.” In reply, AOC sought to calm the crowd, which responded with boos and chants of “Shame! Shame!” until the heckler was escorted out of the venue.
As reported by the press, the heckler, identified by Newsweek as Jennifer Kings, interrupted Ocasio-Cortez’s presentation by declaring, “I’m a healthcare worker, and I want to know what you’re doing about the genocide in Gaza.” She further accused AOC of being a “war criminal,” gesturing angrily at her, which incited the audience to boo loudly. Kings remarked, “At least with the Republican Party, we know what we are dealing with; you’re a snake.”
She continued, “Stop the genocide. Do something.” The crowd’s boos and shouts persisted as Kings proclaimed, “I’m a nurse,” while pointing and yelling, “Shame on you,” reiterating her question, “What are you doing about the genocide in Gaza?” In response, AOC stated, “I’m happy to take your question,” as other attendees attempted to pacify Kings.
Meanwhile, members of the audience directed their attention towards Kings, urging, “Let her speak,” yet several attendees of the town hall escorted Kings away. As reported by the press, following Kings’ removal from the gathering, Ocasio-Cortez remarked, “I wholeheartedly welcome individuals who disagree or are extremely upset with me regarding any matter to attend, but we must adhere to certain ground rules. Kindly wait for the Q&A session, as we do not wish to deny our neighbors the opportunity to receive information and hear responses to it.”
In addition to causing a disruption at AOC’s town hall meeting, Kings has consistently criticized the congresswoman for her perceived lack of action concerning the situation in Gaza, informing her nearly 60,000 followers on Instagram, “It took AOC approximately three hours to denounce the killing of two individuals last night,” in reference to the murder of two Israeli embassy staff members outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 2025.
Kings further stated, “Based on my calculations, the total siege on Gaza commenced on March 2, with no food, water, or medicine permitted entry, and AOC only issued a statement of, what I would describe as, tepid condemnation yesterday.” In the caption of her post, she expressed, “I denounce the 594 days of industrial-scale mass slaughter perpetrated by the US NATO Zionist axis of evil.” She continued, “How many Palestinian infants and children have we witnessed being slaughtered on live stream over the past 19 months?? Silence is CRIMINAL.”
Additionally, in another video shared on May 16, 2025, Kings affixed a poster stating, “AOC is abetting a genocide in Gaza” outside Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s office, declaring, “Shame on every single individual, and particularly every elected public official, who is not doing EVERYTHING within their power to halt the mass extermination campaign occurring in Gaza.”
Watch Kings’ tirade:
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