Ocasio-Cortez called for Cruz’s resignation immediately after the riot, citing his refusal to accept the election results and a disturbing fundraising message he sent while the Capitol was under. In an hourlong Instagram Live video Tuesday night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., described her personal experience last week when a violent mob of pro-Trump extremists breached the Capitol and forced lawmakers into hiding. 'I had a pretty traumatizing event happen to me,' she described. 'And I do not know if I can even disclose the full details of that event, due to security concerns.

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Ocasio-Cortez responded, saying of Trump: “He asked them to rush the Capitol and it incited so much of this violence that we saw yesterday that resulted in four deaths and many more injured.”.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and GOP Sen. Marco Rubio duked it out on Twitter on Thursday.

Ocasio-Cortez tweeted about new data released by the Small Business Administration about Paycheck Protection Program loans over $150,000 that the government awarded to businesses as part of COVID-19 relief.

In her original tweet, she quote-tweeted NBC News journalist Olivia Solon, who pointed out that Project Veritas, the right-wing disinformation sting-op organization, had received $558,900.

The data was released after a months-long court battle that resulted in the Trump administration having to release information about organizations that received PPP loans over $150,000. NBC News also reported that Trump and Kushner real estate properties received over 25 PPP loans worth more than $3.65 million.

Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, 'Black-owned small businesses were widely shut out from accessing PPP loans, yet right-wing disinfo org PV took half a million in public money while decrying direct federal assistance as 'radical socialism,' adding, 'Republicanism in a nutshell.'

—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 3, 2020

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Sen. Marco Rubio replied and quote-tweeted Ocasio-Cortez, saying, 'Working together R's & D's helped save the jobs of 55 million Americans through PPP. Work more, tweet less & one day you too can make a difference.'

—Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 3, 2020

This tweet may have been in reference to the fact that Ocasio-Cortez voted 'no' on the initial CARES Act stimulus bill in March, saying at the time that it was structured to help those who needed it. Congress has not been able to agree on an additional stimulus bill, though specific aid and funds have since lapsed. A new $908 billion compromise stimulus bill is gaining traction with congressional leaders - the bill lacks additional stimulus checks for Americans.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez hit back, saying, 'Yesterday I recruited 5,000 volunteers to train and tutor kids in my community who are struggling with remote learning, and that was after investigating the Treasury Secretary's rationale for stopping CARES Act funding and voting on House legislation. What did you do?'

Ocasio-Cortez mentioned her Homework Helpers drive to recruit tutoring volunteers in her district, as well as yesterday's hearing with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, where representatives grilled him about his plan to end federal lending programs enabled through the passage of the CARES Act in March, at the start of the pandemic.

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After Rubio posted no immediate retort, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, 'The thing that these conservative Senators don't seem to understand is that I've actually had a physically difficult working-class job without good healthcare most of my adult life. I bring that work ethic to Congress & to my community. They sit around on leather chairs all day.'

—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 3, 2020

A few minutes later, Ocasio-Cortez dug deeper into her conservative critics, 'Republicans like to make fun of the fact that I used to be a waitress, but we all know if they ever had to do a double they'd be the ones found crying in the walk-in fridge halfway through their first shift bc someone yelled at them for bringing seltzer when they wanted sparkling.'

—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 4, 2020

Senator Marco Rubio's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took an online victory lap Tuesday night after she handily won the Democratic primary in her Bronx and Queens congressional district, saying her win proves that the far-left movement she leads in New York and nationally is 'a mandate.'

Ocasio-Cortez surprised political observers when she upset the powerful New York Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley, who at the time was the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, in a 2018 primary. Her far-left campaign promises and embrace of democratic socialism excited the base in her district and launched her into national stardom once she was in Congress.

'When I won in 2018, many dismissed our victory as a 'fluke,' Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Tuesday after it became clear she would win the primary. 'Our win was treated as an aberration, or bc my opponent 'didn’t try.' So from the start, tonight’s race was important to me. Tonight we are proving that the people’s movement in NY isn’t an accident. It‘s a mandate.'

With 100 percent of results in, the congresswoman running her first reelection campaign took 70 percent of the primary vote. Her moderate U.S. Chamber of Commerce-backed opponent, former CNBC contributor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, managed only 19 percent. Ocasio-Cortez, a member of 'the Squad' of four freshman Democratic House members who aim to push the party to the left, declared victory over the 'Wall Street CEOs' she regularly rails against.

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'Wall Street CEOs, from Goldman Sachs to Blackstone, poured in millions to defeat our grassroots campaign tonight. But their money couldn’t buy a movement,' she said. 'Here’s to speaking truth to power.'

Republicans have dismissed Ocasio-Cortez's ideas, like the 'Green New Deal,' as unrealistic and dangerous for the country.

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Self-declared democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., spoke highly of the 30-year-old lawmaker after her primary win.

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'The people in her district have spoken loudly and clearly about her leadership, her struggles for workers's (sic) rights, racial justice, climate change and many other issues,' he said. 'Taking on a well-funded opponent, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez won a landslide victory. Congratulations Alexandria.'

And Ocasio-Cortez wasn't the only far-left Democrat in New York City to have a great primary night. Middle school principal Jamaal Bowman, with the majority of the results in, holds a significant lead over longtime Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. If his lead holds, the Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders-endorsed Bowman would pull off an upset on nearly the same level as Ocasio-Cortez's victory over Crowley.

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Fox News' Andrew O'Reilly and Gregg Re contributed to this report.