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- Ocasio-Cortez called him 'rude,' and reporters overheard Yoho calling her a 'fucking bitch' as he walked away from the conversation. Ocasio-Cortez confirmed the incident on Twitter and on the House floor, but Yoho's office denied his comments, claiming that he 'made a brief comment to himself as he walked away summarizing what he believes her.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was accosted and called a “f—ing bitch” by a fellow member of Congress on the steps of the Capitol, she confirmed Tuesday. The incident, according to The Hill.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was accosted and called a “f—ing bitch” by a fellow member of Congress on the steps of the Capitol, she confirmed Tuesday. Ted Yoho and Alexandria Ocasio.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was verbally accosted—including being called a 'fucking bitch'—by Republican colleague Rep. Ted Yoho Monday afternoon on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building over her remarks earlier this month tying a rise in New York City crime to increased levels of poverty and housing insecurity in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
'That kind of confrontation hasn't ever happened to me—ever,' Ocasio-Cortez told The Hill's Mike Illis—who reported that the exchange was witnessed by a journalist—shortly after the encounter. 'I've never had that kind of abrupt, disgusting kind of disrespect levied at me.'
(CNN) Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Friday rejected Florida GOP Rep. Ted Yoho's claim that 'no one was accosted, bullied or attacked' during their tense exchange this week.
I never spoke to Rep. Yoho before he decided to accost me on the steps of the nation’s Capitol yesterday.
Believe it or not, I usually get along fine w/ my GOP colleagues. We know how to check our legislative sparring at the committee door.
But hey, “b*tches” get stuff done. https://t.co/WlG3xccwR7
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 21, 2020
The progressive Democratic lawmaker was confronted by Yoho, a Florida Republican, for her comments as the two passed each other on the steps of the Capitol building in 'an unusually personal exchange.' According to Illis, Yoho called Ocasio-Cortez 'freaking crazy,' while the New York congresswoman fired back that the GOP legislator was being 'rude.'
After Ocasio-Cortez walked away, Yoho was overheard calling her a 'fucking bitch.'
.@TedYoho called @AOC a 'fucking bitch.' Sounds like Ted Yoho is a 'fucking asshole' https://t.co/QGtX3ohL2x
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) July 21, 2020
Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas), who was walking with Yoho, told Illis that he didn't notice much of the exchange.
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'I was actually thinking, as I was walking down the stairs, I was thinking about some issues I've got in my district that need to get done,' Williams told Illis. 'I don't know what their topic was. There's always a topic, isn't there?'
Here is the reporting from the Hill.
Yoho accosts AOC in a stairwell and starts attacking her policy positions. She disagrees. After they “parted ways” he called her a “fucking bitch.”
Rep Williams, in a profile in courage, says he heard nothing. pic.twitter.com/kqXY2MQNml
— Daniel Schuman (@danielschuman) July 21, 2020
Progressives expressed outrage over Yoho's remarks and solidarity with Ocasio-Cortez, a regular target of right-wing attacks.
'This culture of vitriol does a disservice to America,' tweeted Shahid Buttar, , a progressive Democrat challenging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her congressional seat in California. 'Right wing voices feel threatened by our voices—and with good reason.'
He was furious because AOC said there's a link between poverty and crime. Yoho has also said a tax on tanning beds was racist discrimination against white people, Obama was born in Kenya and a federal anti-Lynching law would 'trample on states rights.'https://t.co/aFDAZFvC8I
— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) July 21, 2020
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) noted the sexist undertones to the attack and wondered why Yoho hasn't confronted others with similar views to Ocasio-Cortez.
'Like AOC, I believe poverty to be a root cause of crime,' tweeted Phillips. 'Wonder why Rep. Yoho hasn't accosted me on the Capitol steps with the same sentiment?'
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) on Friday denied reports that he had accosted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on the Capitol steps on Monday or that he had directed a sexist slur at the congresswoman claiming that “everything was directed at policy.”
“I’m not going to try to defend myself,” Yoho told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on Friday. “I feel bad for Ms. Ocasio-Cortez who thinks this was — I called her these names, I did not call her these names. This was strictly on policy,” the congressman said, adding that he was “not worried about this.”
Rep. Ted Yoho told Fox News on Friday that he had not accosted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Capitol steps or called her names. 'She's making hay out of this, she's fundraising off of this,' Yoho said. pic.twitter.com/C5lx9rBwcS
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) July 25, 2020
The comments come after the Florida congressman appeared to make gestures at a watered down apology Wednesday, saying that he regretted “the abrupt manner” of the “conversation” he had with Ocasio-Cortez after a report surfaced that a reporter from The Hill overheard Yoho calling the congresswoman “disgusting” and saying that she was out of her “freaking mind” to suggest that an upshot in crime was linked to the economic burdens made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.
“It is true that we disagree on policies and visions for America but that does not mean we should be disrespectful,” Yoho said on the House floor on Wednesday, adding that he would not apologize “for my passion, or for loving my God, my family, and my country.”
But any of what looked like it could be considered as a vague attempt at apologizing was taken back by Friday.
When MacCallum asked Friday if he had used the words ‘fucking bitch’ in reference to Ocasio-Cortez, Yoho denied the remarks, saying that as he walked down the steps he said “‘this is such freaking B.S.’ That’s all I said.”
The congressman suggested that the New York lawmaker had “spun” their interaction “into saying that I’m attacking all women and women of color,” but that the altercation was “strictly policy” and that Ocasio-Cortez advocated for policies that were “bad for this nation.”
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Yoho said that he often had conversations with members of Congress and that while “we don’t always walk away agreeing,” those conversations often ended in laughter “we’re always amicable,” he said.
In a passionate rebuke Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez said that the incident with Yoho reflected a culture of violence and violent language against women. “ I am here because I have to show my parents that I am their daughter and that they did not raise me to accept abuse from men,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
Yoho responded by telling MacCallum that the progressive lawmaker was using “identity politics” to gain support, saying, “I don’t play that.”
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The Republican congressman said in the Fox News interview Friday that Ocasio-Cortez was using his confrontation with her to her advantage politically all the while “making fun” of the incident in private.
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“She’s making hay out of this, she’s fundraising off of this,” Yoho said.