• Ocasio Cortez Yoho Speech
• Ocasio Cortez Ted Yoho

Yoho was upset about comments Ocasio-Cortez made on July 9 during a virtual town hall with the mothers of Eric Garner and Ramarley Graham, two black men killed by NYPD officers. The congresswoman. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just ripped into Rep. Yoho while speaking on the House floor. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) revealed that there was more that went on with Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) after he called her a “f.king bitch” earlier this year than what people saw on the House floor.

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1. WASHINGTON – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took to the House floor Thursday morning to deliver a candid rebuke of sexism in Congress and beyond in response to comments from Rep.
2. On Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez systematically pulled Yoho’s alleged apology apart, piece by piece, in a nearly 10-minute floor speech.She began by saying Yoho had called her “disgusting.

Ocasio Cortez Yoho Speech

Ocasio Cortez Ted Yoho

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