2020-07-24 00:00:00, Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY
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/People & Society
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1441
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19
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7.21 min
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Intermediate
Readability:
9th or 10th
Read Ocasio-Cortez's full speech below: More:'He didn't even say my name': Ocasio-Cortez not satisfied with apology from Yoho, who denied insultMore:'Having a daughter does not make a man decent': Ocasio-Cortez criticizes Rep.
My mother got to see Mr. Yoho's disrespect on the floor of this house towards me on television, and I am here because I have to show my parents that I am their daughter and that they did not raise me to accept abuse from men.
And accosted me on the steps right here in front of our nation's capitol.I was minding my own business, walking up the steps, and Representative Yoho put his finger in my face, he called me disgusting, he called me crazy, he called me out of my mind.
In comments overheard by a reporter for The Hill newspaper, Yoho confronted Ocasio-Cortez on a staircase in the Capitol on Tuesday, calling her "disgusting" for her comments linking poverty and crime.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took to the House floor Thursday morning to deliver a candid rebuke of sexism in Congress and beyond in response to comments from Rep.
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