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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez purportedly broke down in tears on Thursday after changing her vote on American funding for Israel’s “Iron Dome.”

The vote was on a proposal to contribute $1 billion toward helping Israel to replace missile interceptors damaged by its conflict with the Palestinians in May. Lawmakers overwhelmingly supported the measure, passing it by a vote of 420-9. Ocasio-Cortez originally voted against it, but changed her vote to “present.”

“AOC seems distraught,” Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman noted shortly after the vote. “She is in the middle of the House floor wiping away tears, crying into her colleagues’ shoulders.”

C-SPAN footage showed Ocasio-Cortez removing her glasses as she stopped to embrace Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) while votes were being tallied.

One Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), and eight Democrats comprised the nine-member group voting against the bill. The Democrats included Reps. Ilhan Omar (MN), Rashida Tlaib (MI), Ayanna Pressley (MA), Cori Bush (MO), André Carson, (IN), Marie Newman and Chuy Garcia (IL), and Raúl

Grijalva (AZ). One more Democrat, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA), joined Ocasio-Cortez in voting “present.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told Defense News on Thursday the Senate would follow the House’s lead. “Iron Dome is very important and it’ll get done,” Schumer said. “That’s all I’m going to say.”