WATCH: AOC attacks police officer protected her during riots, demands removal of GOP colleagues

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke intimately to millions of viewers in Instagram on Monday night to tell her a very personal story about her experiences during the Capitol Hill riot on Jan. 6, and the lingering trauma she has experienced.

Ocasio-Cortez described the experience of hiding from Capitol Hill rioters in her office's bathroom. "The yells of these men, or just one man, "she said, fighting through tears, "yelling 'Where is she? Where is she?'" It turns out that the man was a Capitol Hill Police Officer, and he was inquiring as to her safety.

"I start to look through the door hinge," she said, giving details. She saw a white man in a black beanie on the other side of the door, and she was terrified. She heard her staffer yell out, saying "hey hey hey hey hey, it's okay, come out."

"So, I'm like so deeply rattled, I'm still like processing the end of my life when I come out. And I come out and this man is a Capitol Police Officer. But the story doesn't end." The officer had no partner, she said, and complained that he didn't identify himself.