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    'I Could Not Allow That To Stand': Ocasio-Cortez Rebukes Republican For Vulgar Insult

    by Barbara Sprunt Jul 23, 2020 3 minutes
    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, seen here in March, spoke on the House floor Thursday to address vulgar and sexist comments directed at her by a Republican colleague.

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took to the House floor Thursday morning to admonish the insults hurled at her by Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., earlier this week.

    Yoho confronted Ocasio-Cortez on the steps of the Capitol on Monday, calling her "disgusting" for linking poverty to crime rates in New York City.

    "I was minding my own business walking up the steps, and Rep. Yoho put his finger in my face. He called me disgusting. He called me crazy.

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