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Ana Maria Archila, the Queens woman who famously confronted Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in a Capitol Hill elevator, will be Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s State of the Union guest on Tuesday.

Archila, a longtime community organizer and co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, was one of two women who shared their stories of sexual assault for the first time with the senator in an emotional encounter during the debate over Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. With a CNN camera broadcasting liveright behind the women, Archila and Maria Gallagher blocked the doors of an elevator and pressed Flake to justify his support for Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault as a teenager.

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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.

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Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, made headlines for holding an elevator on Capitol Hill to tearfully yell at Flake, R-Ariz., during Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings.

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Ana Maria Archila, the Queens woman who confronted Senator Jeff Flake in an elevator on Capitol Hill during the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, will join Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the State of the Union tomorrow. Members of Congress get to bring one person each to the address, and these guests are often chosen because they represent an issue important to legislators; Archila is a longtime community organizer, outspoken sexual-assault survivor, and the co–executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action (not to mention a constituent of Ocasio-Cortez’s district).

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