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Woman Who Confronted Flake Will Attend SOTU

February 4, 2019 at 8:42 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ana Maria Archila, the woman who had a widely seen confrontation with former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) last year over his support for then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Tuesday will attend the State of the Union address as a guest of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), The Hill reports.

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