(CNN) - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized to a former Democratic New York state assemblyman who sued her for blocking him on Twitter.
He said Ocasio-Cortez blocked him on Twitter after he criticized her June comments comparing migrant detention camps at the southern border to concentration camps.
He claimed she violated his First Amendment right by blocking him on Twitter and cited a July ruling by an appeals court that said President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking Twitter users.
Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, said blocking Hikind "was wrong and improper and does not reflect the values that I cherish."
"Mr. Hikind has a First Amendment right to express his views and should not be blocked for them.