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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced on Monday that she had invited the woman behind the viral confrontation with then-Sen. Jeff Flake over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination to be her State of the Union guest on Tuesday.

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has invited Ana Maria Archila to be her guest at President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.

“Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York was the latest to announce the guest she would be bringing — Ana Maria Archila. The co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, Archila had a tense confrontation with Sen.

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has invited Ana Maria Archila, the co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, to attend the State of the Union address with her this Tuesday.

President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union this week, and freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has officially announced who she's bringing as her guest: Ana Maria Archila.

“Archila, who is a constituent of Ocasio-Cortez’s and co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, shared her own sexual assault story for the first time alongside fellow protestor Maria Gallagher when she confronted Flake, demanding that he explain his support of Kavanaugh.

"I never thought I’d be excited about being in the same room with Donald Trump,” said Archila, co-executive director of the left-leaning Center for Popular Democracy.

Archila, who is the co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action and is from the district Ocasio-Cortez represents, told The Intercept that is she is "moved" by the congresswoman's decision to invite her and to shed a light back on "my confrontation with the men who do not und

Archila, who is the coexecutive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, gave an emotional address to Flake that broadcast live on CNN and went viral on social media.

“Ocasio-Cortez has invited Ana Maria Archila, the co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action who joined another woman in confronting Flake over his support of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in an elevator last year.