Leader of the majority of the house Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton HoyerTrump threatens to double in Portland in other major cities. House Seeks Ways to Honor John Lewis House to Bring Controversial Homeland Security Bill MORE (D-Md.) On Tuesday he called the representative. Ted Yoho
Theodore (Ted) Scott Yoho Bipartisan lawmakers present bill to limit further expansion in 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force Democrats fear the US has already lost the battle of COVID-19 Republicans of the Casa de Guerra urge White House to support TSA in giving travelers temperature controls MORE (R-Fla.) To personally apologize to the representative. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezTrump threatens to double in Portland in other major cities. House Seeks Ways to Honor John Lewis House to Bring Controversial Homeland Security Bill MORE (DN.Y.) and publicly in a speech on the floor of the Chamber for calling her “disgusting” and “whore”.
The Hill reported earlier Tuesday that Yoho had confronted Ocasio-Cortez on the steps of the Capitol the day before and rebuked her for recently suggesting that poverty and unemployment are driving an increase in crime in New York City during the coronavirus pandemic. He said she was “disgusting” and “out of your mind,” and as he walked away, Yoho added, “Damn bitch.”
Hoyer called Yoho’s behavior “despicable” and “unacceptable.”
“Mr. Yoho owes not only the congresswoman an apology, but also an apology on the floor of the House of Representatives,” the Maryland Democrat told reporters.
“It was the act of a stalker,” added Hoyer. “Simply put, I think it was despicable behavior. He needs to be penalized.”
Ocasio-Cortez told The Hill after the exchange with Yoho that “I’ve never had that kind of abrupt and unpleasant disrespect.”
Yoho, meanwhile, declined to discuss the meeting.
“No comment,” he said.
Ocasio-Cortez added in a tweet on Tuesday that she had never spoken to Yoho before he confronted her on Monday.
“Believe it or not, I generally get along well with my fellow Republicans. We know how to review our legislative fight at the committee gate,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
I never spoke to Representative Yoho before I decided to harass him on the steps of the nation’s Capitol yesterday.
Believe it or not, I generally get along well with my fellow Republicans. We know how to review our legislative fight at the committee door.
But hey, “b * tches” do things. ♀️ https://t.co/WlG3xccwR7
– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 21, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez, who represents Queens and the Bronx, had suggested during a virtual town hall on July 9 that the “economic despair” resulting from the coronavirus pandemic had contributed to the increase in crime in New York City.
“Perhaps this has to do with the fact that people are not paying the rent and are afraid of paying the rent, so they go out and need to feed their children and have no money,” Ocasio-Cortez said. . “So … they are put in a position where they feel like they need to steal some bread or go hungry that night.”
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