WASHINGTON Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said Tuesday that a House Republican aggressively confronted her outside of the U.S. Capitol on Monday in which he reportedly called her a f---ing bitch.<\/p>\n
I never spoke to Rep. Yoho before he decided to accost me on the steps of the nations Capitol yesterday. Believe it or not, I usually get along fine w\/ my GOP colleagues. We know how to check our legislative sparring at the committee door, she tweeted.<\/p>\n
But hey, 'b*tches' get stuff done, added Ocasio-Cortez, who retweeted a report by The Hill newspaper about their exchange a day earlier.<\/p>\n
According to The Hill, Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., approached Ocasio-Cortez as she was walking up the Capitol steps to cast a vote on the House floor and told her she was disgusting for recently suggesting that unemployment and poverty were leading to a rise in crime in New York City.<\/p>\n
\"You are out of your freaking mind,\" Yoho said to the congresswoman, who then told him that he was rude, said the report, which said their conversation was overheard by a reporter.<\/p>\n
Joined by fellow Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, Yoho then walked down the steps and said, \"f---ing bitch,\" The Hill reported.<\/p>\n
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In a statement to NBC News, a spokesman for Yoho denied using the slur.<\/p>\n
\"He did not call Rep. Ocasio-Cortez what has been reported in the Hill or any name for that matter,\" said the spokesman, Brian Kaveney, who added, \"Instead, he made a brief comment to himself as he walked away summarizing what he believes her polices to be: bulls---.\"<\/p>\n
Asked by The Hill about the exchange, Williams acted like he didnt hear what was said even though he was reportedly right there when it happened.<\/p>\n
I was thinking about some issues I've got in my district that need to get done,\" Williams said, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n
Reacting to Williams comment, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Tuesday, \"Gotta love Republican courage from Rep @RogerWilliamsTX: when he undeniably sees another man engaged in virulent harassment of a young woman, just pretend you never saw it in the most cartoonish manner possible and keep pushing.\"<\/p>\n
\"(Hes lying, by the way. He joined in w\/ Yoho),\" she said in the tweet.<\/p>\n
Ocasio-Cortez then said in a follow-up tweet that Williams yelled at her, too, about throwing urine.<\/p>\n
The remarks Yoho appeared to be referring to, as noted by The Hill, were from July 9 when Ocasio-Cortez said at an event, \"Crime is a problem of a diseased society, which neglects its marginalized people.\"<\/p>\n
Requests for further comment from Ocasio-Cortez were not immediately returned.<\/p>\n
Several of Ocasio-Cortezs Democratic colleagues defended her Tuesday while taking aim at Yoho.<\/p>\n
\"Like @aoc, I believe poverty to be a root cause of crime. Wonder why Rep. Yoho hasnt accosted me on the Capitol steps with the same sentiment? #shameful,\" tweeted Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn.<\/p>\n
Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., also tweeted: \"I have suggested the same thing that @aoc has poverty & unemployment lead to crime. Weird neither Yoho or any other member has ever talked to me that way.\"<\/p>\n
Rebecca Shabad is a congressional reporter for NBC News, based in Washington.<\/p>\n
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