"There was a televised bloodbath on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday morning.."

[volstork]

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33405490/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sted-yoho-response-house-of-representatives-floor/

There was a televised bloodbath on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday morning and nobody stepped in to stop it. The political career of Rep. Ted Yoho was eviscerated and its internal organs were put on display. On a point of personal privilege, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was granted an hour of debate time essentially to respond to Yoho’s ludicrous non-apology for having accosted her, and having called her a “fcking bitch,” on the steps of the Capitol earlier this week, and she and the Democratic caucus didn’t waste a second of it. In his sad alibi speech, in addition to arguing that Jesus and patriotism made him do it, Yoho hid behind his wife and daughters. AOC wasn’t having any of that, and she shredded this hoary dodge like a rotting old battle flag.

[Srkdqltr]

1. She did a wonderful job of it.

[in2herbs]

2. Yes, she did. Couldn't be prouder of her for standing up to sexism. nt

[Midnight Writer]

3. Yoho will be working as a lobbyist in six months. He'll do fine.

[sop]

4. Yoho's a large animal veterinarian, says he wants to return to his practice.

[Mariana]

5. That's his story, at any rate. nt.

[eppur_se_muova]

56. He got caught with his hand up a cow's ass and said, "Uh, it's for my major".

After that he was forced to stick it out.







(Reminds me of the old Tom Lehrer joke, ".... he majored in animal husbandry, until they caught him at it one day".)

[dem4decades]

10. He can pt his head up a cow's ass and look for polyps now.

[lagomorph777]

26. He'll have to pull it out of Trump's ass first.

[albacore]

27. Like this..?

Checking old Bossie's teeth.

Via the scenic route.

[lastlib]

72. Oh, don't do that to me!

Once when I was a teenager, my grandfather had a cow about to have a calf, but it was coming out backwards. Vet was too far away to help, and grandfather's arms were too big to reach in and turn the calf around. Being young and having skinny arms, I had to do it. Aside from working for the IRS, it was the most disgusting thing I've ever had to do!

I try to block it out of my memory, but then you show me this!
(In your defense, you didn't know..... )

[Jirel]

18. Good.

Go NOW.

[3Hotdogs]

23. --- but can he tell the difference between an elephant and a camel?

[Mopar151]

68. Back to "All Horse's asses, All the time!" N/t

[Atticus]

6. Perhaps Rep. Yahoo should practice asking "Would you like fries with that?" nt

[FakeNoose]

7. AOC needs to be promoted to Majority Whip

She can get the job done, as we're constantly being reminded.

[LiberalFighter]

11. She is getting closer to something big.

[zentrum]

59. This

[malaise]

8. Great post

AOC is already a force to be reckoned with -

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. Wish I could have seen it.

Broadcast tv is very limited here.

[jayfish]

12. Don't Know If It's The Whole Thing But;...

&t

[I_UndergroundPanther]

15. Thank you 😊

[Brother Buzz]

30. Thanks, and a hat tip to DUer, Egberto Willies, for posting it on YouTube

[Chalco]

33. Wow. So well said. She spoke for all of us.nt

[TruckFump]

67. Wow!!!! AOC hit that out of the park!!! EOM

[mantis49]

16. C-Span link

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4894496/representative-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-speaks-exchange-representative-ted-yoho&playlist=7efd89ef486e245099a12c92534badf6

[Budi]

13. Call them out. Now do all the nasty vile comments made to our Female leaders

Now call out the words used to define Sec Hillary Clinton & Speaker Pelosi.

Not hard to find..google it.

Glad she brought this up. Now go a big step further for all women in politics who have met with the same & worse barage of denigrating comments.

There are women in Congress who have always had to suck it up in a male dominated field .

Start with Hillary & Pelosi, Warren & McCaskill & our legislatures who sucked it up while paving the way for more strong women in Congress. Those who put up with this same yuk, yuk, crap while holding their heads high & doing the job they were elected to do.

Make it a big fat issue for yourself & all women who have stood in your shoes.

Name these women as you name yourself.


Use your vouce
Thank you

[JonLP24]

31. In this case she was defending herself and the controversy was about what he said to AOC

The Democratic caucus already has each other backs on this.

[Budi]

32. So go the extra mile. Name the names of strong female leaders who have met the same denigration

Pelosi, Hillary, Warren....

AOC is hardly the 1st.

Say it on the House floor. Into the record.
To ignore the others who walked that bs for years before her, misses a necessary opportunity for those women leaders who will someday follow AOC herself.

[JonLP24]

39. Looks like she did name Pelosi

We are the most diverse congress ever in the history of this country. 24% of us are women. 8% of us are women of color. Where does this all come from? It comes from the top it comes from the White House. Who calls women Crazy Nancy. Or such a nasty woman. Or a low I.Q. Person of a colleague of ours who serves as the chair of a committee. A crazed, crying, lowlife. Our colleague, Mr. Yoho, conducted himself like a hit-and-run driver. And he does not want to take responsibility for his conduct.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33405490/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sted-yoho-response-house-of-representatives-floor/

She also references Maxine Waters in that.

I'm sure she would speak up when it happens. She even had a problem with Sanders campaign promoting Rogan's endorsement.

‘It Was Like Pulling Teeth’: AOC Backed Away from Sanders Campaign after Joe Rogan Endorsement

(snip)

But the progressive New York representative disagreed with the campaign over its decision to promote the endorsement of Joe Rogan, the popular podcaster who has been criticized by LGBT activists for opposing puberty blockers for gender-confused children. He has also spoken out against the participation of biological males competing in women’s sports.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/it-was-like-pulling-teeth-aoc-backed-away-from-sanders-campaign-after-joe-rogan-endorsement/

[Budi]

45. Say her name as well then. Hillary Clinton. Say it.

Say it.

[Mariana]

53. Although I'm sure you would have done a much better job of it

I think Rep. Ocasio-Cortez did just fine.

[Budi]

55. She shouldn't stop there. Use her voice & position for all women who've stood where she is,

and for all women who will follow her.

[flibbitygiblets]

75. That's exactly what she did

her last words were exactly that "this is about all women"

[sheshe2]

73. +1000

[LizBeth]

14. I would like to see all women afforded the respect calling out sexist slurs as AOC, here and now.

Last edited Thu Jul 23, 2020, 07:49 PM - Edit history (1)

I do like her skill at addressing issues in her righteousness.

[Budi]

20. Now do Hillary & Pelosi.

Show what you are worth in the realm of standing against vile deninigrating words towards all elected women.

[LizBeth]

21. Are you suggesting that I do not? Do you have any information that leads you to believe that

I am not consistent?

[Budi]

34. Certainly not. It is a comment that suggests moving this eternal issue to the next step.

She has been given a voice & should use it to right the wrongs of the many women in congress who have had to exist with this same bs from their male legislatures for years & years.

Start by naming the names of these female leaders who walked this path before her, & those who will follow her someday.

[LizBeth]

48. Thank you for the clarification. I really did not understand what you were saying. We as Dems can

start by addressing it when we yell out sexist slur to feminize a Republican or call a Republican woman this or Karen, but then call out the rw when they do. What this man did was no different than what I see countless times here and on my liberal FB walls. Just has me shaking my head every time. Thank you. Sexism, like racism, like homophobia is not something I let slide ever, or what does that say about me. And I gotta tell you, it is not like I want to speak up, but again, what does that say about me if I do not.

[Budi]

52. Exactly right.

Apologies for any confusion in my message. It is as infuriating today as its always been through the years.

[LizBeth]

54. +1

[erronis]

29. Strange comment. Are you speaking against the prior post or "in general".

Please frame your responses carefully.

[Budi]

36. Nothing strange about my comment. Re-read it.

Step forward for every female in congeess who has endured this denigration.

She has the opportunity & the voice to do so.

[greenjar_01]

61. "...in her self righteousness."

Why not just "righteousness?" Why "self righteousness?"

I'm confused. In my region of the country, calling somebody "self righteous" is an insult. Maybe that's different elsewhere. Do you think AOC is being "self righteous" rather than plain old "righteous?" That's odd.

[LizBeth]

63. You are absolutely right on. That was sticking with me as I typed and even thought about it,

but said it was a good righteous, a right righteous. I will correct it so it is clear. Thanks.

[greenjar_01]

65. Oh, OK

[SWBTATTReg]

17. Good for AOC. She's smarter and sharper on the uptake than a lot of these idiots who seem...

to run solely for office by ranting and raving about the ills of the world (and then doing nothing about it of course).

Yoho is a deranged idiot for mouthing off, and of course invoking the name of Jesus and patriotism to justify it somehow (disgusting). It just goes to show you what a pathetic coward this guy is, hiding behind his wife and family. Can't even 'man' up enough the courage to truly apologize like he should. I think personally this is going to bite him in the a&& in his future endeavors (as it should) and he's going to pay the price repeatedly for his ignorant mouth.

[diva77]

19. Brilliant speech from AOC! I wish mainstream media would pre-empt regular programming

to show the 1 hr response!!!

[bucolic_frolic]

22. Charles P. Pierce ... I thought so

He can sling the language American style like none other. Best since Art Buchwald.

[yellowdogintexas]

40. yes! I would love to watch the two of them together

with a little Molly Ivins for some added spice

[Tracer]

24. Was Yoho there when AOC made this terrific speech?

NT

[bamagal62]

25. Thank you, AOC.

[Brother Buzz]

28. It's a totally an upside world when Matt Gaetz stepped up and Defended Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-defends-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-reported-verbal-attack-fellow-republican-she-not-1519478

[Zorro]

64. He's trying to score some points with her

[Brother Buzz]

70. Then he turns Liz Cheney into an enemy by attacking her

Net zero gain, no?

[tazmaniac]

35. Bravo bravo bravo AOC!!!!!!!! Watched the clip posted above-way wicked cool awesome!!!!

[brooklynite]

37. "The political career of Rep. Ted Yoho was eviscerated"...No it wasn't

He had already announced his retirement.

[onetexan]

42. No problem. He w live with the shame &his wife & daughters will know the real man he is

Not to mention the whole world now knows he's a misogynist POS.

[keithbvadu2]

38. Good! Probably did not change his opinion of her, though.

Good! Probably did not change his opinion of her, though.

[seta1950]

41. WOW

😳 wow

[Evolve Dammit]

43. Bravo AOC.

[tblue37]

44. AOC is a warrior! nt

[Crunchy Frog]

46. Is there a video of this available?

[TuxedoKat]

57. It's in the Video & Multimedia Group (nt)

[Crunchy Frog]

58. Thank you.

[majdrfrtim]

47. Misogynism

has met his match!!

About time, too.

[smirkymonkey]

49. She was brilliant!

Well done, AOC!

Yoho is an absolute putz! I just read up on him and he is one disgusting RW scumbag. I hope he heard her loud and clear and never tries to pull that shit on any woman ever again.

[mac2766]

50. Wow!

The first woman president I think. Go Joe, but AOC rocks. I'll be watching her.

[Lucky Luciano]

82. She will have a lot of valuable experience by the time she is 40ish.

35 is too young IMO, but by 40 - Yes! I would love to see her run for prez!

[niyad]

51. Good for AOC. About damned time one of these pricks got dressed down.

[warmfeet]

60. I would love to have the opportunity to vote for her

when she is running for POTUS. In a few years, of course. She needs a few years to qualify per the constitution. I would be very proud to vote for her.

[zentrum]

62. AOC for VP

I'm not kidding. She's brilliant and politically savvy enough. She'd turn out the young vote as no one else can. All progressives would get excited again. Women and IPOC would vote for her.

She'd electrify the election.

[Celerity]

66. She is constitutionally barred due to age. She qualifies for the 2024 elections by 99 days.

[zentrum]

76. Right! I keep forgetting.

[sarchasm]

69. Brilliant!

"This harm that Mr. Yoho tried to levy against me was not just an incident directed at me, but when you do that to ANY woman, what Mr. Yoho did was give permission for other men to do that to HIS daughters. In using that language in front of the press, he gave permission to use that language against HIS wife, HIS daughters, women in HIS community."

~ Love me some AOC! ~

[onetexan]

78. Second that. I'm sure that's the language he's subjected his wife & daughters to at home.

There's an expression: "What you're filled with inside will overflow to the outside." This type of misogynist, abusive behavior towards women just doesn't happen. It's nurtured.
What's more, men usually mirror their parents' bad behavior. We've yet to hear a peep from his wife & daughters come out in his defense so i don't doubt that Yahoo probably witnessed his dad call his mom such during his growing up years and treat them as badly.

[dalton99a]

71. Great speech

I could not allow my nieces, I could not allow the little girls I go home to, I could not allow victims of verbal abuse and worse to see that, to see that excuse and to see our Congress accept it as legitimate and accept it as an apology."I do not need Rep. Yoho to apologize to me. Clearly, he does not want to. Clearly, when given the opportunity, he will not. And I will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women & using abusive language toward women. I will not allow people to change and create hatred in our hearts. And so what I believe is that having a daughter does not make a man decent. Having a wife does not make a decent man. Treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man. Lastly, what I want to express to Mr. Yoho is gratitude. I want to thank him for showing the world that you can be a powerful man and accost women. You can have daughters and accost women without remorse. You can be married and accost women.

...

We are the most diverse congress ever in the history of this country. 24% of us are women. 8% of us are women of color. Where does this all come from? It comes from the top it comes from the White House. Who calls women Crazy Nancy. Or such a nasty woman. Or a low I.Q. Person of a colleague of ours who serves as the chair of a committee. A crazed, crying, lowlife. Our colleague, Mr. Yoho, conducted himself like a hit-and-run driver. And he does not want to take responsibility for his conduct.

[augyboston]

74. It was surgical...

And his entrails were strewn all over the House floor when she was done with his sorry pathetic a$$.

[Nitram]

77. No more Mr. Nice Person for Democrats.

Our country's existence is at stake.

[Hortensis]

79. Yoho's slimy plans for the future were already endangered,

probably a big reason he's been venting extra spite at Democrats. But now this hopefully will make him even more frustrated as he looks for a cushy new job after leaving congress.

Yoho, who has argued for ending ALL foreign aid, was actually hoping to be named the next head of USAID, the United States Agency for International Development! What should never be was/is appallingly possible because, when the director announced his retirement last April, ALL potential replacements named were unfit Republicans, Yoho among them.

(Speaking of unfitness, the latest Republican scandal at USAID is that a Yoho type newly appointed as a USAID religious freedom advisor turns out to be an anti-Islam bigot!)

In any case, though the only real way to keep any of these hard-core conservatives from being turned loose on the USAID is to put Democrats in charge, Yoho's latest public display of...being himself hopefully has at least moved him down the list of possibilities.

[Newkophile65]

80. Well worth seeing

Much more worthwhile to see and hear AOC's speech rather than simply reading it. She is a force to be reckoned with!!

[Squinch]

81. This proves once again that Republican men are just too emotional. They do not act like rational

people, and often get hysterical because they are unable to maintain control over themselves.

These are not people who are emotionally or constitutionally capable of doing the hard work of government. They should not be allowed to hold office.