Overview
- Outside the Capitol on Wednesday, a Jesse Watters Primetime producer invited Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez onto the show, prompting her to refuse and accuse Watters of sexualizing and harassing her on air.
- The exchange was recorded by journalist Pablo Manríquez and spread widely on X after being posted by Acyn Torabi and MeidasTouch.
- Ocasio-Cortez later reposted the clip, writing that Watters could be “a pervert” or invite her on his “little show,” but “not both.”
- Mediaite and other outlets identified the producer who approached her as Johnny Belisario.
- The lawmaker referenced Watters’ October comment that she “wants to sleep with” Stephen Miller, and Fox News representatives did not comment on the video as of Wednesday evening, according to TheWrap.