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July 29, 2020 by admin

AOC, Ted Yoho and The Origin of Vulgarity

Last Monday, Republican Rep.Ted Yoho, from the steps of the Capitol, called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez disgusting, crazy, dangerous, and a “fucking bitch” insulting and harassing her in front of colleagues and reporters.  On Wednesday, Yoho offered a non-apology on the House floor, stating that despite regretting his “abrupt” manner of conversation, he could not apologize for his passion. He couldn’t apologize for being a God-loving patriot and “family man,” using the all-too-common tactic of deploying his daughters and wife as shields for his misogynistic behavior. 

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April 12, 2018 by admin

“We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This.”

“We’ve never seen anything like this.” said Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List, which  recruits and trains female Democratic candidates who support abortion rights, on the huge number of women—30,000—interested in running for elected office in the U.S. in 2018 and beyond.

DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN in “More Than Twice As Many Women Are Running for Congress In 2018 Compared with 2016,” NPR. February 20, 2018.

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