Members of Congress Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez / AOC (New York) and Ted Yoho (Florida) had a clash at one of the congressional meetings. According to The Hill reporter, the story goes like this:
In a voting process, Yoho had just voted and while the AOC was voting, the Republican from Florida decided to confront him. Yoho told Alexandra that her recent comments on poverty and the police were disgusting and called her "crazy." The AOC responded that Yoho was "rude" and as he was leaving, called him "af ** king bitch".
Yoho, said on Wednesday that the derogatory words circulating in the press were never said to his colleagues and apologized that Alexandra had heard him that way. More than a dozen, the speech seemed ironic. Meanwhile, the next day he says: “I refuse to apologize for something I did not say. . ".
However, this is not simply a dispute between two people over what was said in a private conversation. The Hill reporter is the witness, who tells exactly the same "story" with Cortez. So two people could not have misunderstood the words at the same time.
After his second reaction, Cortez decided to give a speech addressing the whole issue:
About two days ago, I was climbing the stairs of The Capitol when representative Yoho, accompanied by Roger Willimams, suddenly turned from me and pointed his finger at me, calling me crazy, slanderous and dangerous. . . "
She continues:
"In one way or another, we all had to face this. I want to make it clear that his comments were not hurtful to me because I did chores, I was a waitress, I took the bus, I walked the streets of New York City and this kind of language is nothing new. This is not something new and this is the problem. Mr. Yoho was not alone, he was accompanied by Roger Williams and here it is understood that this problem is not just an incident, it is a cultural problem. It is a stalemate of a culture of violence and violent language. This is not the first time this has happened. "Last year, the president of the United States told me to go home, implying that I do not belong to this country."
Pas fjalëve të zotit Yoho, për një moment mendova se ishte vetëm një ditë e keqe në punë, se do të merrja çantën e do të largohesha, por sot ai fillon të flasë dhe përpiqet të justifikojë sjelljen e tij dhe këtë nuk mund ta toleroj. Nuk mund të lejoj që mbesat e mia, viktimat e tjera të dhunës verbale ose jo, të shohin sesi një sjellje e tillë e kongresmenit, pranohet nga të gjithë dhe kongresi rri në heshtje. Prandaj jam këtu sot. Nuk kam nevojë që përfaqësuesi Yoho të më kërkojë falje. Qartazi, ai nuk ka ndërmend ta bëjë këtë. Diçka që s’e kam kuptuar kurrë është përdorimi i bashhkëshorteve dhe vajzave si mburoja dhe justifikime për një sjellje të keqe. Në fjalimin e tij, Zoti Yoho përmend se ka një grua dhe dy vajza. Unë jam dy vite më e rë se vajza më e vogël e tij. Edhe unë jam vajza e dikujt. Babai im, fatmirësisht, nuk është gjallë për të parë se si Yoho e trajtoi vajzën e tij. Jam këtu sepse duhet t’i tregoj prindërve të mi, se jam vajza e tyre dhe ata nuk më rritën për të pranuar abuzim të çdo lloji nga një burrë. “
Materials from CNN were used in part to make this article.
