House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer calls for GOP Rep. Ted Yoho to be sanctioned by Congress after Yoho reportedly used profane language toward his Democratic colleague, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, following an altercation on the Capitol steps.
The congresswoman speaks out on"GMA" about President Donald Trump's tweet about a protester and why she supports calls to defund police.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.
Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., speaks at the Heritage Foundation during an event hosted with the Global Taiwan Institute titled Assessing the Results of Taiwans Election, Jan. 13, 2020.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.
"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. 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.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer speaks while participating in a signing ceremony of H.R. 266, The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol, April 23, 2020.
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