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jp5
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Alexandra Occasional Cortex recently stated that home owners will have their homes seized because it isn't fair that some people own and others don't. Perhaps she would be better served taking the butt plug she plans to use for cows and inserting it into her mouth.
How can you libs support this idiot? |
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mac
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:09 am Post subject: |
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| Could you just once make a coherent comment without a slur? |
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jp5
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:10 am Post subject: |
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| mac wrote: | | Could you just once make a coherent comment without a slur? |
can you? |
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mac
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 11:16 am Post subject: |
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assman's kind of guy:
| Quote: | 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 — confrontation on the Capitol steps.
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) was coming down the steps on the east side of the Capitol on Monday, having just voted, when he approached Ocasio-Cortez, who was ascending into the building to cast a vote of her own.
In a brief but heated exchange, which was overheard by a reporter, Yoho told Ocasio-Cortez she was "disgusting" for recently suggesting that poverty and unemployment are driving a spike in crime in New York City during the coronavirus pandemic.
"You are out of your freaking mind," Yoho told her.
Ocasio-Cortez shot back, telling Yoho he was being "rude."
The two then parted ways. Ocasio-Cortez headed into the building, while Yoho, joined by Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas), began descending toward the House office buildings. A few steps down, Yoho offered a parting thought to no one in particular.
"Fucking bitch," he said. |
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real-human
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:07 am Post subject: Re: AOC |
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| jpbassman wrote: | Alexandra Occasional Cortex recently stated that home owners will have their homes seized because it isn't fair that some people own and others don't. Perhaps she would be better served taking the butt plug she plans to use for cows and inserting it into her mouth.
How can you libs support this idiot? |
you are such a scum of the earth. again by your definition of when life begins you are a serial child murderer to add. Her message is direly applicable to digusting old childish idiots like you. click the link and listen to her complete statement. Obviously you do not have a daughter or respect females.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-am-someones-daughter-too-read-rep-ocasio-cortezs-full-speech-responding-to-rep-ted-yoho/ar-BB1795Hf
'I am someone's daughter too.' Read Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's full speech responding to Rep. Ted Yoho
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USA TODAY logo'I am someone's daughter too.' Read Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's full speech responding to Rep. Ted Yoho
WASHINGTON – Rep. 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. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., who had reportedly called her a vulgar insult.
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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. As she left, Yoho said, '"f------ b----," according to The Hill.
Yoho denied he had targeted the profane remarks at Ocasio-Cortez in an apology delivered on the House floor Wednesday morning.
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"Having been married for 45 years with two daughters, I'm very cognizant of my language," he said. "The offensive name-calling words attributed to me by the press were never spoken to my colleagues and if they were construed that way, I apologize for their misunderstanding."
Ocasio-Cortez, however, said Yoho was "'refusing responsibility" in his apology, in a speech that quickly went viral.
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 insult
More: 'Having a daughter does not make a man decent': Ocasio-Cortez criticizes Rep. Yoho for 'refusing responsibility' in his apology
I would also like to thank many of my colleagues for the opportunity to not only speak today but for the many members from both sides of the aisle who have reached out to me in support following an incident earlier this week.
About two days ago I was walking up the steps of the Capitol when Representative Yoho suddenly turned a corner, and he was accompanied by Representative Roger Williams. 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. And he called me dangerous. And then he took a few more steps and after I had recognized his – after I had recognized his comments as rude, he walked away and said, I’m rude, you're calling me rude. I took a few steps ahead and I walked inside and cast my vote.
Ted Yoho and woman posing for a photo: This combo shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., walks Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 27, 2020, left, and Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington on March 28, 2017.© AP This combo shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., walks Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 27, 2020, left, and Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington on March 28, 2017.
Because my constituents send me here each and every day to fight for them. And to make sure that they are able to keep a roof over their head. That they are able to feed their families. And that they are able to carry their lives with dignity.
I walked back out and there were reporters in the front of the Capitol, and in front of reporters, Representative Yoho called me, and I quote, a f------ b----. These are the words Representative Yoho levied against a congresswoman. A congresswoman that not only represents New York’s 14th district but every congresswoman in this country because all of us have had to deal with this in some form, some way, some shape at some point in our lives.
And I want to be clear that Representative Yoho’s comments were not deeply hurtful or piercing to me. Because I have worked a working-class job. I have waited tables in restaurants. I have ridden the subway. I have walked the streets in New York City. And this kind of language is not new. I have encountered words uttered by Mr. Yoho and men uttering the same words as Mr. Yoho while I was being harassed in restaurants. I have tossed men out of bars that have used language like Mr. Yoho's, and I have encountered this type of harassment riding the subway in New York City. This is not new. And that is the problem.
Mr. Yoho was not alone. He was walking shoulder to shoulder with Representative Roger Williams. And that's when we start to see that this issue is not about one incident. It is cultural. It is a culture of a lack of impunity, of acceptance of violence and violent language against women, an entire structure of power that supports that.
Because not only have I been spoken to disrespectfully, particularly by members of the Republican Party, and elected officials in the Republican Party, not just here, but the President of the United States last year told me to 'go home' to another country with the implication that I don't even belong in America. The governor of Florida, Governor DeSantis, before I was sworn in, called me a 'whatever that is.' Dehumanizing language is not new. And what we are seeing is that incidents like these are happening in a pattern. This is a pattern of an attitude towards women and the dehumanization of others.
So, while I was not deeply hurt or offended by little comments that are made, when I was reflecting on this, I honestly thought I was going to pack it up and go home. It's just another day, right?
But then yesterday, Representative Yoho decided to come to the floor of the House of Representatives and make excuses for his behavior. And that I could not let go. I could not allow my nieces, I could not allow the little girls that 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 and to accept silence as a form of acceptance, I could not allow that to stand. Which is why I’m rising today to raise this point of personal privilege.
And I do not need representative 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 and using abusive language towards women. But what I do have issue with is using women, wives, and daughters as shields and excuses for poor behavior.
Mr. Yoho mentioned that he has a wife and two daughters. I am two years younger than Mr. Yoho's youngest daughter. I am someone's daughter too.
My father, thankfully, is not alive to see how Mr. Yoho treated his daughter. 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.
Now, what I am here to say is that this harm that Mr. Yoho levied, 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 to other men to do that to his daughters.
He -- 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, and I am here to stand up to say that is not acceptable.
I do not care what your views are. It does not matter how much I disagree or how much it incenses me or how much I feel that people are dehumanizing others.
I will not do that myself. 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. And when a decent man messes up, as we all are bound to do, he tries his best and does apologize. Not to save face, not to win a vote. He apologizes genuinely to repair and acknowledge the harm done so that we can all move on.
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. You can take photos and project an image to the world of being a family man and accost women without remorse and with a sense of impunity. It happens every day in this country. It happened here on the steps of our nation’s Capitol. It happens when individuals who hold the highest office in this land admit, admit to hurting women, and using this language against all of us.
Once again, I thank my colleagues for joining us today. |
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wsurfer
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:02 am Post subject: Re: AOC |
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| jpbassman wrote: | Alexandra Occasional Cortex recently stated that home owners will have their homes seized because it isn't fair that some people own and others don't. Perhaps she would be better served taking the butt plug she plans to use for cows and inserting it into her mouth.
How can you libs support this idiot? |
Assman, you couldn't have picked a worse day to post your butt plug statement. |
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vientomas
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:23 am Post subject: Re: AOC |
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| jpbassman wrote: | assman recently stated that home owners will have their homes seized because it isn't fair that some people own and others don't. Perhaps he would be better served taking the butt plug he plans to use for his ass and inserting it into his mouth.
How can you cons support this idiot? |
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mac
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Justice. Of course I cannot imagine the tin-foil hat crew here doing anything about world hunger in their spare time.
| Quote: | Colby Itkowitz
July 25, 2020 at 1:18 p.m. PDT
A Christian nonprofit organization that fights world hunger asked Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) to resign from its board after he confronted a female colleague and then reportedly used a sexist expletive after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was out of earshot.
Bread for the World announced Yoho’s resignation in a statement on Saturday, saying that his “recent actions and words as reported in the media are not reflective of the ethical standards expected of members of our Board of Directors.” |
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