Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., reportedly approached Ocasio-Cortez as she was walking up the Capitol steps Monday and told her she was “disgusting,” among other things.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said Tuesday that a Republican congressman stuck his finger in her face, called her “disgusting” and “crazy” and continued to lob insults at her even as she walked away from the confrontation.
Ocasio-Cortez said the congressman, Ted Yoho of Florida, initiated the first confrontation on the steps up to the Capitol ahead of votes on Monday. She said she walked away from the initial conversation and heard him continue to insult her.
“I hear him just kind of like lobbing these insults at me but I just kept walking into votes,” she told reporters on Tuesday.