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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 09:20 AM Jul 2020

POS calls AOC names on the Capitol steps



Aaron Blake @AaronBlake

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) reportedly got into a confrontation with AOC, in which he called her "disgusting" and concluded by saying, "Fucking bitch."

[link:https://thehill.com/homenews/house/508259-ocaasio-cortez-accosted-by-gop-lawmaker-over-remarks-that-kind-of|Ocasio-Cortez accosted by GOP lawmaker over remarks: 'That kind of
Tensions flared on Capitol Hill this week when a Republican lawmaker challenged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on issues of crime and policing in an unusual — and decidedly personal —]


9:12 AM · Jul 21, 2020




(Sorry for burying the Hill link within the tweet - I'm not fond of linking "The Hill", in general)
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mitch96

(13,895 posts)
6. Yup, could not win the argument with a strong Latina and resorted to the bubba tactic
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 09:32 AM
Jul 2020

Call'em names and walk away...... AOC won!!!
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2naSalit

(86,583 posts)
12. Wonder what Speaker Pelosi will have to say
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 09:53 AM
Jul 2020

about that behavior. What language. Must have a vocabulary the size of Orange Anus's.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,326 posts)
14. I'm sure some of the usual suspects are ok with that.
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 09:55 AM
Jul 2020

Misogynists

They still have a sad that right wing asshole got trounced

R B Garr

(16,950 posts)
15. I bet some of the usual suspects were okay with Hillary being called
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 10:00 AM
Jul 2020

disgusting names. Hillary was thoroughly abused. Misogynists indeed.

Bayard

(22,063 posts)
17. Yoho....Yahoo
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 11:01 AM
Jul 2020

My Dad was calling such people a Yahoo, long before the word became a search engine. As in--that yahoo needs to learn some manners!

H2O Man

(73,537 posts)
18. Recommended.
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 11:03 AM
Jul 2020

I remember Malcolm X saying that he could measure how well he was doing by how loud his opposition was shrieking.

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