Ocasio-Cortez shot back, telling Yoho he was being 'rude.' The two then parted ways. Ocasio-Cortez headed into the building, while Yoho, joined by Rep. Roger Williams John (Roger). A Republican congressman insulted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a slur most women have heard all too often. Her response was a welcome challenge. AOC's tear-down of Ted Yoho is great TV - Los.
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- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., addressed a public confrontation she had with Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., earlier this week. She said her family 'did not raise me to accept abuse from men.'
- Yoho’s remarks on the Capitol steps may have been triggered by comments Ocasio-Cortez made during a virtual town hall about a recent spike in crime in New York City. Ocasio-Cortez, who represents the Bronx and Queens in Congress, said “economic desperation” caused by the coronavirus pandemic is partly to blame.
This b--ch from the Bronx ain’t having it.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) shot down Rep. Ted Yoho’s tortuous semi-apology for calling her a “f---ing b--ch” after a spat on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
“Yoho is refusing responsibility,” AOC wrote on Twitter. “This is not an apology.”
Republican responds to calling a colleague “disgusting” & a “f—ing b*tch” w/ “I cannot apologize for my passion” and blaming others.
I will not teach my nieces and young people watching that this an apology, and what they should learn to accept.
Yoho is refusing responsibility. https://t.co/BKzJa7KUBW
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 22, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez, who trolled Yoho (R-Fla.) a day earlier by saying “b---ches get stuff done,” trashed him for failing to even mention her name in his pseudo-I’m sorry speech.
The conservative lawmaker took the House of Representatives floor to apologize “for the abrupt manner of the conversation I had with my colleague from New York.”
“It is true that we disagree on policies and visions for America but that does not mean we should be disrespectful,” Yoho said.
Video: Rep. Yoho apologizes for ‘the abrupt manner of the conversation’ with AOC (NBC News)
Even as he said he was sorry, Yoho claimed that he is very conscious of the dangers of “offensive name-calling.”
“Having been married for 45 years with two daughters, I’m very cognizant of my language,” he said.
He suggested that was not referring to AOC when he uttered the misogynistic epithet seconds after walking away from the argument, although he did not exactly deny it, either.
“The words attributed to me by the press were never spoken to my colleagues,” said Yoho.
Yoho faced off with AOC Monday and called her “disgusting” for suggesting that a recent spike in New York City crime could be attributed to hungry parents shoplifting food for their families.
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Ocasio-Cortez reportedly fired back by calling Yoho “rude.”
That’s when the Florida guy stalked off. A reporter overheard him use the b-word.
Yoho was immediately hit with a wave of criticism and calls for an apology.
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Several male colleagues posted that they agree with AOC’s stance on crime, and noted that Yoho had not seen fit to confront them.