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Ocasio-cortez rejects Yoho’s apology for remark on U.S. Capitol steps

- New York Daily News (TNS)

His “sorry” didn’t cut it. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-cortez on Wednesday shot down Congressma­n Ted Yoho’s apology for calling her a “f--ing b--ch” after a spat on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

“Yoho is refusing responsibi­lity,” the New

York Democrat wrote on

Twitter. “This is not an apology.”

Ocasio-cortez, who trolled the Florida Republican a day earlier by saying “b--ches get stuff done,” trashed him for failing to even mention her name in his speech.

The conservati­ve lawmaker went on the floor of the House of Representa­tives to apologize

“for the abrupt manner of the conversati­on I had with my colleague from New York.”

“It is true that we disagree on policies and visions for America but that does not mean we should be disrespect­ful,” Yoho said.

Even as he said he was sorry, Yoho claimed he’s very conscious of the dangers of “offensive namecallin­g.”

“Having been married for 45 years with two daughters, I’m very cognizant of my language,” he said.

He suggested he wasn’t referring to AOC when he uttered the misogynist­ic epithet seconds after walking away from the argument.

“The words attributed to me by the press were never spoken to my colleagues,” Yoho said.

Yoho faced off with Ocasio-cortez Monday and called her “disgusting” for suggesting that a recent spike in New York City crime could be attributed to hungry parents shopliftin­g food for their families.

Ocasio-cortez reportedly fired back by calling Yoho

“rude.” That’s when the Florida lawmaker stalked off. A reporter overheard him use the foul language.

Yoho was immediatel­y hit with a wave of criticism and calls for an apology.

Several male colleagues posted their agreement with Ocasio-cortez’s stance on crime, and noted Yoho hadn’t seen fit to confront them about it.

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