Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., extorted Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Florida, on the floor of the House on Thursday, a day after he denied calling her “f — ing b — – “” crazy “and” disgusting “on the steps of the Capitol this week.
“I went out and there were reporters in front of the Capitol, and in front of the reporter representative Yoho called me, and I quote, af — ing b —- – f — ing b– -,” he said of their meeting. Monday. “These are the words that Rep. Yoho imposed on a congresswoman.”
“And I want to make it clear that Representative Yoho’s comments were not deeply hurtful or penetrating to me,” he added. “Because I have worked in a working class job. I have waited for tables and I have taken the subway. I have walked the streets of New York City. And this type of language is not new. I have found words spoken by Mr. Yoho and men who utter the same words as Mr. Yoho while being harassed in restaurants. I have kicked out men from bars who have used language like Mr. Yoho. “
She said she was getting up to speak after Yoho’s speech from the Chamber floor on Wednesday, in which she said she apologized for the “abrupt manner” of her discussion with Ocasio-Cortez, but did not say the “words insult offenses attributed “to him. She added, “If they were interpreted that way, I apologize for their misunderstanding.”
“It is true that we do not agree with the policies and visions for the United States, but that does not mean that we should be disrespectful. Having been married for 45 years with two daughters, I am very aware of my language,” Yoho said, and then added that he cannot apologize for “my passion or for loving my God, my family and my country”.
Ocasio-Cortez, who said Wednesday that Yoho’s comments did not amount to an apology, said Thursday that he went to the Chamber floor to “excuse himself for his behavior.”
“And I couldn’t let go. I couldn’t allow my nieces, I couldn’t allow the girls I was going home with, I couldn’t allow victims of verbal abuse and worse to see that, see that excuse and see our Congress accepts it as legitimate, “he said. “And accept it as an apology. And accept silence as a form of acceptance, I couldn’t allow that to remain.”
“And I don’t need Rep. Yoho to apologize to me,” he added. “Clearly, he doesn’t want to. Clearly, when given the chance, he won’t. And I won’t stay up until late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse for calling women and using abusive language towards women”.
He also criticized Yoho for “using women, our wives and daughters as shields and excuses for bad behavior.”
“Mr. Yoho mentioned that he has a wife and two daughters,” he said. “I am two years younger than Mr. Yoho’s youngest daughter. I am also someone’s daughter. Fortunately, my father is not alive to see how Mr. Yoho treated his daughter. My mother saw Mr. I am on the floor of this House towards me on television, and I am here because I have to show my parents that I am their daughter and that I was not raised to accept the abuse of men. “
The exchange between Yoho and Ocasio-Cortez was first reported by The Hill, who said Yoho called Ocasio-Cortez “disgusting” for suggesting that unemployment and poverty were causing an increase in crime in New York City. York.
“You’re crazy,” Yoho told Ocasio-Cortez, who later told him he was “rude,” The Hill wrote, adding that the conversation was overheard by a journalist and that Yoho said “f — ing bitch” while walked away. In a statement to NBC News, a Yoho spokesperson denied using the insult.
“He did not call Representative Ocasio-Cortez because of what was reported at the Hill or by any name,” said spokesman Brian Kaveney, who added: “Instead, a brief comment was made as he walked away summarizing.” what he believes to be his policies: bulls — “.
Yoho seemed to refer to Ocasio-Cortez’s comment this month that “crime is a problem in a sick society that neglects its marginalized people.”
When asked about Ocasio-Cortez’s comments, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, said Thursday that the incident is “a manifestation of attitudes in our society.”
“It really is a manifestation of attitudes in our society, I can tell you that first hand, I have been called for at least 20 years of leadership, 18 years of leadership,” he said. “There is no limit to the lack of respect or lack of recognition of the strength of women and nothing brings more, nothing is healthier for our government for our policy for our country that the greater participation of women and women will be treated with respect “
