Dems defend Ocasio-Cortez after tense exchange with GOP lawmaker

[RandySF]

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Tuesday that he'll meet with Yoho to discuss the exchange.

"We think everybody should show respect to one another," McCarthy said, when asked about Yoho's comments.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday that Yoho should apologize publicly and that his conduct “needs to be sanctioned," though he didn’t elaborate on what that could entail.

"Mr. Yoho owes not only the congresswoman an apology but also an apology on the floor of the House of Representatives,” Hoyer told reporters. “We need to pursue this kind of conduct and make it very clear it is unacceptable.”

Several other House Democrats were quick to stand behind the New York freshman after the report, which quickly went viral on social media. Lawmakers blasted Yoho’s comments as sexist, noting that women of color must put up with those kinds of confrontations more than their white, male counterparts.

“No one should experience that type of hate,” Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) tweeted. “To some — fierce women are scary. Stay strong.”




https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/democrats-defend-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-yoho-376190

[JonLP24]

1. K&R

[ProfessorGAC]

2. "To some -- fierce women are scary. Stay strong."

Yoho is a punk & a coward.
Ooh, scary, strong woman! Better be a dick to her!
He needs the taste slapped out of his mouth.

[Midnight Writer]

7. Exactly. He is twice her size, but he doesn't have half her heart.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. She'd Annihilate Him

Slow wits is a big disadvantage in a fight.
At half his size, she'd destroy that punk.

[qazplm135]

3. I'm not a huge fan

but she deserves respect as:

a human being
a woman
a sitting congressperson

These yahoos went 0 for 3. Nasty people.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. I AM a huge fan.....

and she deserves respect as:

a human being
a woman
a sitting congressperson

AND

a public apology.

[Cha]

4. I went to the link to find out who the hell "yoho" is..

The progressive New York Democrat was confronted by Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) over her views that joblessness and poverty have caused a surge of crime in New York City in recent weeks — a confrontation that was witnessed and recounted by a reporter of The Hill newspaper.

Yoho called Ocasio-Cortez “disgusting” when he walked past her on the steps of the Capitol on Monday, referring to her comments on crime, The Hill reported. "You are out of your freaking mind," he said.

In response, Ocasio-Cortez told Yoho he was being "rude," and then kept walking. Yoho was then heard by the reporter saying, "F---ing b----." His office has denied he made those remarks.

And, now Yoho is LYING about it..

"Congressman Yoho had a brief member to member conversation on the steps of the Capitol," Yoho spokesman Brian Kaveney said in a statement.

"He did not call Rep. Ocasio-Cortez what has been reported in the Hill or any name for that matter," he said. "Instead, he made a brief comment to himself as he walked away summarizing what he believes her policies to be: bulls---."

Yoho IS BULLSHIT

[Hekate]

5. Gosh, scary women are scary. He (& Pence! ) should meet the Naked Athena...

What an image.

[Blue_true]

8. The prick Yoho is my congressman, sad to say.

We are trying, but don’t have the electoral muscle in this part of Florida to get rid of shit like him. He is retiring, but I honestly don’t see much better replacing him. There are three solid democrats in the democratic primary, two look like they can make a contest for the republican nominee.

[StarfishSaver]

9. This was not a "tense exchange." It was a one-sided hateful verbal attack