(Washington) An elected Republican in the US Congress was in turmoil on Tuesday, accused of launching a sexist insult to rising star of the Democratic Party Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after an extremely tense exchange on the steps of the Capitol in Washington.
Posted on 21 July 2020 at 17 h 17
France Media Agency
The elected of the House of Representatives Ted Yoho on Monday sided with his Democratic colleague, a figure of the left wing of the party, to blame him for remarks linking the increase in crime in New York to increased poverty by the pandemic.
According to a reporter from political news site The Hill who attended the exchange, Ted Yoho accused AOC of being “completely mad” and “disgusting”. This one having continued on his way, he added “fucking bitch”, according to this witness.
A spokesperson for the Republican elected official confirmed to the AFP that the two parliamentarians had “a brief conversation on the steps of the Capitol.”
But, according to him, Ted Yoho did not utter “any insult” against his colleague: “He just made a comment to himself by walking away to summarize what he thinks of his policy: bullshit! “
The youngest of the Congress, 30 years, for her part confirmed the harshness of the remarks. “I had never spoken to Representative Yoho before he accosted me,” she wrote on Twitter. “And yes, the s s cut down on work!” ”, She added.
AOC, who has often found themselves in direct conflict with the Republican Party, said in a statement to Hill that he had “never been treated so abruptly and disrespectfully” by any of his colleagues.
The leader of the Democratic majority in the House, Steny Hoyer, lamented in the press “despicable” and unacceptable comments “and added that Mr. Yoho should be sanctioned by his peers.
“This unclassified, sexist and boorish behavior has no place in Congress”, also tweeted Democrat elected Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
