#YOHO V. #AOC: @RepTedYoho on public feud with @AOC:
"I rise to apologize for the abrupt manner of the conversation." Adds "offensive name calling words attributed to me by the press were never spoken" and "if they were construed that way I apologize for their misunderstanding"
Yoho said he "cannot apologize for my passion or for loving my God, my family and my country."
According to The Hill, Yoho took issue with @AOC'S suggestion that poverty and unemployment led to a recent rise in crime in New York City.
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NEW: @RepAOC responds: "@repyoho comments were not deeply hurtful or piercing to me...this kind of language is not new..and that is the problem. It is cultural. It is a culture of lack of impunity, of accepting of violence and haven't language against women"
WATCH: @RepAOC on her public feud with @RepTedYoho:
"I do not need Rep. #Yoho to apologize to me...I will not stay up at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women and using abusive language towards women"
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NEW: @RepTedYoho responds to @RepAOC in a statement to @CBSNews
“No one was accosted, bullied, or attacked. This was a brief policy discussion plain and simple....she doesn’t have right to inflate, talk about my family, or give an account that did not happen for political gain"
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