众议院多数党领袖斯泰尼·霍耶呼吁国会批准佛罗里达州共和党众议员泰德·约欧。据报道，周一在国会大厦台阶上发生争吵后，约欧对他的民主党同僚众议员亚历山大·奥西奥·科尔特斯使用了亵渎的语言。
一位资深的希尔记者无意中听到了Yoho的评论这座山在此之前，据报道，共和党众议员称奥西奥-科尔特斯在警务和犯罪问题上的立场“令人厌恶”。
“你疯了，”据报道，上个月在一次市政厅会议上，Yoho在白宫台阶上对Ocasio-Cortez说，他认为贫困和失业正导致纽约市的犯罪率上升冠状病毒大流行。
奥西奥-科尔特斯回应了这一指控，他告诉约欧他是“粗鲁的。”
分手后，记者无意中听到Yoho说Ocasio-Cortez是个“婊子”
佛罗里达州众议员泰德·约欧(Ted Yoho)在2020年1月13日由全球台湾学会主办的“评估台湾选举结果”活动中，在传统基金会发表演讲。
Yoho没有公开回应，但他的发言人布莱恩·卡维尼否认这位即将退休的国会议员称Ocasio-Cortez是亵渎性的称呼，并告诉ABC新闻说“这两个成员之间并没有预先存在的‘争执’。”
“他没有把《国会山》上报道的事情告诉奥西奥-科尔特斯众议员，也没有说出任何名字。”这听起来更好，因为希尔的报纸得到了更多的媒体关注，说他给她起了个名字——但他没有这么做。不幸的是，众议员奥西奥-科尔特斯利用这次交流来获得个人关注。”相反，当他走开时，他对自己做了一个简短的评论，总结了他认为她的政策是:胡说八道
众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡星期二对记者说，他计划下午晚些时候与约欧会面，讨论他与奥西奥-科尔特斯争吵期间发生的事情。
麦卡锡说:“我们认为每个人都应该互相尊重，不知道发生了什么，我会和他讨论，看看发生了什么。”
上个月早些时候，奥西奥-科尔特斯在一个虚拟的市政厅发表了评论，随后双方进行了激烈的交流。
Ocasio-Cortez在6月说:“犯罪是一个病态社会的问题，它忽视了被边缘化的人。”"维持治安不是解决犯罪的办法。"
在国会山拥有最高声望的民主党新生奥西奥-科尔特斯一再呼吁削减警察预算，并将这些资金用于教育、心理健康和其他社会服务。
虽然她似乎没有直接听到评论，但奥西奥-科尔特斯周二在推特上谈到了这一事件，并表示她在周一之前从未与Yoho谈过话。
代表皇后区和布朗克斯区部分地区的自由派煽动者奥西奥-科尔特斯经常处理来自极右翼的攻击。但她在接受《国会山》采访时表示，这种对抗还是第一次。
2020年4月23日，在国会大厦的雷伯恩大厅，众议院多数党领袖斯泰尼·霍耶在参加266号法案的签字仪式时发表讲话。
她说:“这种对抗从来没有发生在我身上——从来没有。”“我从来没有受到过那种唐突、令人厌恶的不尊重。”
尽管有人看到他和Yoho在一起，但德克萨斯州共和党人罗杰·威廉姆斯否认听到了这种说法。奥西奥-科尔特斯声称他没有说实话。
这种所谓的交流在美国国会大厦非常不寻常，尽管分裂的国会表现出激烈的党派之争。已经快了100年因为一名国会议员因使用“非立法语言”而受到指责
众议员乔·威尔森在2009年被众议院谴责，因为他在国会联席会议上打断了奥巴马总统的讲话，众所周知，当时他在众议院大喊:“你撒谎!”在总统黄金时间的演讲中，在关于平价医疗法案的辩论高潮时。那次爆发为威尔逊赢得了一次正式谴责，并作为“违反礼仪”而载入史册，这“降低了诉讼程序的质量。”
众议院民主党第二号人物霍耶星期二在一次新闻发布会上告诉记者，应制裁对另一名议员“卑鄙”的行为。
霍伊尔说:“底线，我认为这是卑鄙的行为，需要得到制裁。”
“Yoho先生不仅要向国会女议员道歉，还要在众议院向她道歉。我们需要追究这种行为，并明确表示这是不可接受的。”
霍伊尔补充说:“这是一个恶霸的行为，一个人的行为是谁的约翰刘易斯的对立面，我们尊重这个星期的每一天。”
众议院议长南希·佩洛西的发言人没有立即回复记者的置评请求。
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly accosted by male Republican lawmaker on Capitol steps
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is calling for GOP Rep. Ted Yoho of Florida to be sanctioned by Congress after he reportedly used profane language toward his Democratic colleague, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, following an altercation on the Capitol steps on Monday.
Yoho’s comments, overheard by a veteran Hill reporter forThe Hill, came after the GOP congressman reportedly said that Ocasio-Cortez was "disgusting" for her stance on policing and crime.
"You are out of your freaking mind," Yoho reportedly told Ocasio-Cortez on the House steps for suggesting during a town hall last month that poverty and unemployment are leading to a spike in crime in New York City amid thecoronaviruspandemic.
Ocasio-Cortez responded to the charge by telling Yoho he was being "rude."
After parting ways, Yoho was overheard by the reporter allegedly referring to Ocasio-Cortez as a "f------ bitch."
Yoho has not publicly responded, but his spokesman, Brian Kaveney, denied that the retiring congressman called Ocasio-Cortez the profane term and told ABC News that "there is no pre-existing 'beef' between the two members."
"He did not call Rep. Ocasio-Cortez what has been reported in the Hill or any name for that matter. It sounds better for the Hill newspaper and gets more media attention to say he called her a name - which he did not do. It is unfortunate that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is using this exchange to gain personal attention," Kaveney contended. "Instead, he made a brief comment to himself as he walked away summarizing what he believes her polices to be: bullsh--."
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters Tuesday that he had a meeting scheduled with Yoho later in the afternoon to discuss what happened during his altercation with Ocasio-Cortez.
"We think everybody should show respect to one another, and not knowing what took place, I'll have a discussion with him to see what happened," McCarthy said.
The inflammatory exchange followed comments Ocasio-Cortez made earlier last month during a virtual town hall.
"Crime is a problem of a diseased society, which neglects its marginalized people," Ocasio-Cortez said in June. "Policing is not the solution to crime."
Ocasio-Cortez, a freshman Democrat who has one of the highest profiles on Capitol Hill, has repeatedly called for cutting police budgets and shifting those funds into education, mental health and other social services.
Though she seemingly did not hear the comment directly, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted about the incident on Tuesday and said she had never spoken to Yoho before Monday.
Ocasio-Cortez, a liberal firebrand who represents parts of Queens and the Bronx, has often dealt with attacks from the far right. But she told The Hill in an interview that this type of confrontation was a first.
"That kind of confrontation hasn't ever happened to me — ever," she said. "I've never had that kind of abrupt, disgusting kind of disrespect levied at me."
Although he was spotted alongside Yoho, Texas Republican Roger Williams denied hearing the exchange. Ocasio-Cortez asserted he is not being truthful.
The purported exchange is highly unusual at the U.S. Capitol, even as bitter partisanship is exhibited by a divided Congress. It's been nearly100 yearssince a Member of Congress was censured for using "unparlimentary language."
Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., was reprimanded by the House in 2009 after he notoriously interrupted President Barack Obama's remarks before a Joint Session of Congress, when he shouted from the House floor, "You lie!" during the president's prime time address at the height of the debate on the Affordable Care Act. That outburst earned Wilson an official reprimand and went down in history as a "breach of decorum" that "degraded the proceedings."
Hoyer, the second-ranked House Democrat, told reporters Tuesday during a press call that Yoho should be sanctioned for his "despicable" conduct toward another member.
"Bottom line, I think it was despicable conduct that needs to be sanctioned," Hoyer, D-Md., said.
"Mr. Yoho owes not only the congresswoman an apology but also an apology on the floor of the House of Representatives. We need to pursue this kind of conduct and make it very clear it is unacceptable," he said.
"It was the act of a bully, the act of a person who is the antithesis of John Lewis, who we honor every day this week," Hoyer added.
A spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
