ABC News hammered for making it look like AOC, Omar were handcuffed at abortion rally

 ABC News hammered for making it look like AOC, Omar were handcuffed at abortion rally | Fox News

'How are you not humiliated?,' conservative author Carmine Sabia asked the news outlet

The photos featured in the report, along with others shared on the network’s Twitter account, depicted AOC and Omar standing facing the camera with police behind them. Both lawmakers had their hands behind their backs, giving casual readers the impression that both were handcuffed and being escorted by police. 

AOC Pulls Drama Queen Card on 'Arrest' and 'Handcuffs,' Gets Hit With Reality by Nancy Mace – RedState   "Talk about cushy treatment for a celebrity “arrest.”

But that didn’t stop AOC and her staff from trumpeting the arrest as though she were heading to Gitmo. Her response to people noting her pretending to be in handcuffs? She claimed it was a Republican conspiracy theory."

House Democrats Spend the Day Getting Arrested - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  "They appeared disappointed to have not been put in handcuffs."

AOC Reacts to Mockery Over Viral Video of Her Being Escorted by Police Officer (conservativefighters.co) 

 . . ."Footage of AOC and fellow “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) walking away with their arms behind their back — in Omar’s case, with no officer near her — drew scorn from Republicans and conservatives.

“The ‘just wants attention’ assumption is often a deeply false and misogynistic one that people readily adopt about women quickly and without much critical thought,” AOC insisted on Instagram Wednesday. “Why would a woman ‘just want attention’ if doing so hurts herself and her career?”

Here Are the 17 Members of Congress Who Were Arrested Outside the Supreme Court (conservativefighters.co)

• New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar
• Missouri Rep. Cori Bush
• Massachusets Rep. Ayanna Pressley
• Massachusets Rep. Katherine Clark
• New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez
• California Rep. Barbara Lee
• California Rep. Jackie Speier
• California Rep. Sara Jacobs
• Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib
• North Carolina Rep. Alma Adams
• Pennsylvania Rep. Madeleine Dean
• New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
• Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar
• Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky
• New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney
• Michigan Rep. Andy Levin

Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush tweeted Tuesday that she and her colleagues “put” their “bodies on the line” amid the protest.