{"id":246212,"date":"2026-05-28T11:17:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/246212\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:17:43","slug":"aoc-mocked-for-wearing-hijab-at-eid-event-you-are-telling-other-women-to-be-handmai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/246212\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC mocked for wearing hijab at Eid event: ‘You are telling other women to be Handmai"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video showing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York taking part in Muslim Eid al-Adha celebrations while covering her hair with a hijab has drawn mockery and criticism from conservatives over the past day. Some have accused her of hypocrisy for her willingness to wear the headscarf after years of constantly warning that the United States is becoming a patriarchal dictatorship that oppresses women.<\/p>\n

The video was filmed at Eid al-Adha celebrations in the Bronx, New York, parts of which are in Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s congressional district, where she has repeatedly won election to the House since 2018. Ocasio-Cortez, widely known as AOC, has become a leading figure in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party <\/a>and is mentioned as a possible future presidential contender, perhaps as early as 2028.<\/p>\n

The video that angered conservatives: AOC in a hijab on Eid al-Adha<\/p>\n

(Video: From the social network X)<\/p>\n

In the Bronx video, Ocasio-Cortez is seen speaking onstage, with newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani behind her. Mamdani, a Muslim<\/a> and anti-Israel politician<\/a>, wore a kurta, a traditional garment commonly worn by Muslims in India and Bangladesh, designed like the uniform of his favorite soccer team, Arsenal, which won the English championship last week.<\/p>\n

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a hijab, Muslim Eid al-Adha celebrations<\/p>\n

\u201cAOC wearing a hijab exposes the total moral bankruptcy of the radical left,\u201d one angry X user wrote, according to the Daily Mail. \u201cThis theatrical Marxist simpleton screams about patriarchy while cosplaying in a garment mandated by brutal theocracies. Iranian morality police execute women over this exact covering,” the user’s tweet continued. <\/p>\n

‘Yet this lobotomized progressive parasite treats their subjugation as a trendy accessory.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AOC in a hijab and Zohran Mamdani in a kurta Muslim garment at Eid al-Adha celebrations in the Bronx<\/p>\n

The British Daily Mail also cited another user, who wrote: \u201cYou\u2019re the woman who tried to convince other women that the U.S. was becoming Gilead, and they needed to fight to not become Handmaids.\u201d The term \u201cGilead,\u201d refers to the Republic of Gilead, the fictional totalitarian patriarchal theocracy in Margaret Atwood\u2019s \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYou have just accepted, endorsed, and wore the clothes required to be one. You are Gilead now. You are telling other women to be Handmaids.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani listens to AOC at Eid al-Adha celebrations in the Bronx<\/p>\n

Others defended Ocasio-Cortez. \u201cOh no, someone’s showing respect to a religion in the most diverse city in the country. WHATEVER SHOULD WE DO?!\u201d one X user wrote. \u201cTurning a simple Eid gesture into full treason meltdown? Peak fragile outrage addiction,” another user said. “That\u2019s not exposing pandering – it’s your crew\u2019s xenophobia jones flaring for cheap clicks while real problems get ignored. Stay pressed, clowns.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A video showing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York taking part in Muslim Eid al-Adha celebrations while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-246212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}