{"id":21439,"date":"2020-07-23T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=21439"},"modified":"2020-07-23T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:33:00","slug":"fake-news-alert-mainstream-media-outright-lied-about-re-yoho-calling-ocasio-cortez-a-f-ing-bitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=21439","title":{"rendered":"FAKE NEWS ALERT: Mainstream Media outright lied about Re. Yoho calling Ocasio-Cortez a \u2018f\u2014ing bitch&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Rep. Ted Yoho apologizes to AOC, denies calling her \u2018f\u2014ing bitch\u2019<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Steven Nelson<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/4137224153001\/6aIMRO3kiI_default\/index.html?videoId=6174006464001\" width=\"618\" height=\"348\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Ted Yoho of Florida apologized Wednesday for a heated exchange in which he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/21\/aoc-accosted-called-f-ing-bitch-by-republican-ted-yoho\/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=NYPTwitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\">allegedly called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a \u201cf\u2014ing bitch.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I rise to apologize for the abrupt manner of the conversation I had, \u201dYoho said.<\/p>\n<p>But he denied swearing at the 30-year-old socialist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Yoho on Monday confronted Ocasio-Cortez outside the Capitol, telling the New York Democrat she was \u201cdisgusting\u201d for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/13\/wh-says-aoc-claim-that-economic-crisis-causing-crime-wave-is-preposterous\/\">her recent remarks<\/a>\u00a0tying poverty and unemployment to the recent spike in crime in New York City, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>AOC reportedly told Yoho he was being \u201crude.\u201d He allegedly retorted:\u00a0\u201cf\u2014ing bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The congresswoman, who represents parts of the Bronx and Queens, did not accept Yoho\u2019s apology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not an apology,\u201d she tweeted. \u201cHe didn\u2019t even say my name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AOC demanded that one news outlet remove its \u201cincorrect reporting\u201d that characterized Yoho\u2019s remarks as an apology to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not teach my nieces and young people watching that this an apology, and what they should learn to accept. Yoho is refusing responsibility,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, AOC tweeted that she was accosted by Yoho.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16019088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"modal-trigger\">Enlarge Image<\/a><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16019088 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/ted-yoho-aoc.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/ted-yoho-aoc.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/ted-yoho-aoc.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/ted-yoho-aoc.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/ted-yoho-aoc.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" alt=\"Ted Yoho, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\" width=\"662\" height=\"441\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/ted-yoho-aoc.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/ted-yoho-aoc.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/ted-yoho-aoc.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/ted-yoho-aoc.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/ted-yoho-aoc.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ted Yoho and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez wrote: \u201cI never spoke to Rep. Yoho before he decided to accost me on the steps of the nation\u2019s 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. But hey, \u2018b*tches\u2019 get stuff done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/22\/rep-ted-yoho-apologizes-to-aoc-denies-calling-her-f-ing-bitch\/\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/22\/rep-ted-yoho-apologizes-to-aoc-denies-calling-her-f-ing-bitch\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ted Yoho apologizes to AOC, denies calling her \u2018f\u2014ing bitch\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}