Ocasio-Cortez's remarks took aim at justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch. Both were appointed by former president Donald Trump and had signalled that they would not reverse the supreme court's landmark 1973 decision in Roe v Wade during confirmation hearings, as well as in meetings with senators.
On Friday, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch formed part of the conservative majority which in effect ended legal access to abortion in most states, and Ocasio-Cortez said "there must be consequences" for that. "They lied," the leftwing, second-term representative said on NBC's Meet the Press.
"I believe lying under oath is an impeachable offence... and I believe that this is something that should be very seriously considered."
Ocasio-Cortez added that standing idly by "sends a blaring signal to all future nominees that they can now lie to duly elected members of the United States Senate in order to secure... confirmations and seats on the supreme court".
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