Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, declined to denounce Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro Monday, instead criticizing U.S. 'I think that this is absolutely a complex issue. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refuses to denounce Venezuela's Maduro. WSJ columnist Maria Anastasia O'Grady with the latest on the crisis in Venezuela.

We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Joining other prominent members of the socialist wing of the Democrat party, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refused to denounce Nicolas Maduro, the brutal Venezuelan dictator. The New York representative is so beholden to the concept of socialism that she can’t even find the political courage to denounce a man guilty of crimes against humanity.

• Garret Miller, 34, of Richardson, Texas faces multiple charges related to the deadly riots in Washington.
• Miller wrote 'Assassinate AOC' on Twitter, according to a federal complaint.
• Miller also allegedly posted about entering the Capitol building on his Instagram account and admitted that he 'had a rope in [his] bag on that day.'

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A Dallas-area man who joined a violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol earlier this month has been charged with making a death threat in a social media post against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Garret Miller, 34, of Richardson, Texas was arrested earlier this week on multiple charges related to the Capitol riot, according to a federal complaint.

Miller's attorney, Clinton Broden, told CNBC that the charges against his client were upgraded to include a threat charge on Tuesday, a day before he was arrested in Richardson. The upgraded charge came relatively soon after the initial complaint was filed in Washington, D.C. federal court, Broden said.

The other charges include entering or remaining in any restricted buildings or grounds without lawful authority; violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; obstructing or impeding any official proceeding and certain acts during civil disorder.

The threat charge against Miller is based on the claim by prosecutors that he threatened Rep. Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., across state lines on social media. It carries a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison.

Miller wrote 'Assassinate AOC' in a Twitter post, according to the complaint. Miller also allegedly posted about entering the Capitol building on his Instagram account and admitted that he 'had a rope in [his] bag on that day.'

Miller also threatened a Capitol Police officer who shot dead a woman trying to breach the Capitol building during the riot. 'We going to get a hold of [the USCP officer] and hug his neck with a nice rope[.],' Miller said, according to the complaint.

'Mr. Miller regrets the actions he took in a misguided effort to show his support for former President Trump,' Broden said. 'He has the full support of his family and has always been a law-abiding citizen.'

'His social media comments reflect very ill-considered political hyperbole in very divided times and will certainly not be repeated in the future,' Broden continued. 'He looks forward to putting all of this behind him.'

Broden added that he doesn't believe there is evidence that Miller planned to carry out the threats.

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Miller is due to appear Monday for a detention hearing in Dallas federal court. Prosecutors have said they want him detained pending trial, but Broden said he will argue for Miller's conditional release pending trial in Washington.

Ocasio-Cortez responded to the complaint detailing Miller allegedly bragging online about his role in the riot, writing in a tweet: 'On one hand you have to laugh, and on the other know that the reason they were this brazen is because they thought they were going to succeed.'

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Ocasio-Cortez has previously said she feared for her life during the riot and members of Congress were 'nearly assassinated.'

'I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive, and not just in a general sense but also in a very, very specific sense,' the Democratic representative said in an Instagram Live video on Jan. 12, without elaborating the details.

U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, said Wednesday she would follow the Democratic Party’s leadership in regards to Venezuela, declining to answer a question on whether she sees President Nicolas Maduro as the legitimate President of the Bolivarian Republic.

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Ocasio Cortez, sometimes referred to as AOC, was asked in an interview with the National Review if she sees President Maduro as legitimate, for which she replied, 'I defer to caucus leadership on how we navigate this.'

The leadership of the Democratic Party in U.S. Congress, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have both officially recognized right-wing opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido, as 'interim president' of Venezuela after he illegally self-declared as such back in January, offering a bipartisan consensus on Donald Trump's efforts for regime change.

In contrast, her follow progressive congresswoman Ilhan Omar has repeatedly denounced the U.S. economic war on Venezuela and the U.S.-backed coup attempt.

Earlier in March When Omar was asked if she recognized Juan Guaido as President of Venezuela, she replied, “absolutely not.” Again this week. Ilhan Omar sent out tweets and made comments in interviews in which she rejected the latest failed coup attamept against President Maduro and slamming U.S. policy against Venezuela.

Presidential candidate, Tulsi Gabbard, has also been very clear in opposing sanctions and war, on Saturday tweeting, “The new Cold War is getting hotter. We need leaders with foresight to see how in Venezuela, Syria & other places, potential military conflict btwn US-Russia can quickly escalate into war—nuclear war, the greatest danger we face today.”

Some argue that AOC has come under pressure from the Democratic leadership in an effort to silence her earlier objection to the Trump interventionist policies in Venezuela.

Back in March AOC was quoted as saying that she was 'very concerned about U.S. interventionism in Venezuela, and I oppose it, especially when we talk about a figure like U.S. Special Envoy Elliott Abrams here. I think it’s – he's pled guilty to several crimes related to Iran-Contra.”

She went on to add that, “I am generally opposed to U.S. interventionism as a principle, but particularly under this administration and under his leadership I think it’s a profound mistake.”

Critics on the left also point to other instances in which her stances on foreign policy are far from clear. As a way of tribute to war hawk John McCain, Cortez wrote that he was “an unparalleled example of human decency and American service”.

On Palestine, she has also been largely silent, whilst other progressive congresswomen have spoken up. The editor of the right-wing Israeli outlet Hamodia, praised AOC saying; “She hasn’t made any similarly Israel-negative references, has strongly declared her affirmation of Israel’s legitimacy…”

Disclosure: The title of this article has been changed and more reporting was added to this article in order to clarify the comments made by the U.S. congresswoman and the context of her recent and past statements on the topic of the article.