Yoho Apologizes to Ocasio-Cortez for ‘Abrubt Manner’

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) apologized on the House floor for “abrupt manner of the conversation I had” with Rep. Aklexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), but added “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.”

He went on: “I cannot apologize for my passion.”

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) had called for Yoho to be sanctioned by Congress after he reportedly called Ocasio-Cortez “a fucking bitch.”