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Also attending will be Ana Maria Archila, who confronted then-Sen. Jeff Flake over Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination after sexual abuse allegations against him. Archilla was invited by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

According to Newsweek, Archila is the co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy. And so when she saw Flake, she felt compelled to share her own sexual assault experience while passionately pleading with him not to support Kavanaugh.

“The Congresswoman from the Bronx announced that her guest of honor at Tuesday's State of the Union address will be the community organizer and Center for Popular Democracy Action Executive Director, Ana María Archila, who famously confronted Senator Jeff Flake during Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Co

Ana Maria Archila, the co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, and another woman confronted the now-retired Arizona senator after he came out in support of Kavanaugh. At the time, the nominee was accused by several women of sexual misconduct.

Members of Congress have been slower to adopt the practice—unlike the president, each can only invite one guest, and won’t have cameras trained on them—but in an era of political showmanship, when a pair of sunglasses can drive an entire news cycle, Democrats are leaning into the troll.

“Other members of Congress have invited activists — some of whom are immigrants — as their State of the Union guests. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY), for example, is bringing Ana Maria Archila, the woman who confronted former Sen.

Archila, who is the co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, in September confronted Flake in an elevator when he was on his way to a Senate Judiciary Committee vote to advance Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor.

Archila is co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy. The New York-based nonprofit group tweeted out video of Ocasio-Cortez presenting Archila with the "Well-behaved women rarely make history" pin.

The woman who confronted Sen. Jeff Flake last year in a widely seen, videotaped confrontation ahead of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh said she plans to attend Tuesday’s State of the Union address following an invitation from freshman Rep.

Archila, the co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy — which aims to “advance a pro-worker, pro-immigrant, racial and economic justice policy agenda,” according to its site — praised the Bronx-born politician for the invite.