Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) thanked the Republican National Committee (RNC) for posting video from her speech praising the college anti-Israel protesters causing chaos and threatening Jewish students on Monday.

As anti-Israel protests and encampments – some violent – raged at prestigious U.S. universities, prompting Jewish students to flee their campuses, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez took the opportunity to applaud the protesters:

"It is especially important that we remember the power of young people shaping this country today, of all days, as we once again witness the leadership of those peaceful, student-led protests on campuses like Columbia, Yale, Berkeley and many others."

In reality, however, the protests at “campuses like Columbia, Yale, Berkeley and many others” have been all but peaceful, prompting arrests and threatening Jewish students: