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'I am two years younger than Mr. Yoho’s youngest daughter'

AOC's response to sexist abuse at the hands of Ted Yoho was unforgettable. She applied a whole of society beam to comments that could have started a personal tit for tat. It's incredibly well done.

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Tony Wilson
Jul 23, 2023
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It’s three years to the day since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood up in Congress and delivered one of the great smackdowns in the history of the chamber. In the days previous, a congressman Rep. Ted Yoho from Florida had confronted her, got in her face, abused her, and then refused to apologise or express any remorse at all for calling her a ‘f***in…

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