Ocasio-Cortez

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is embarrassed fellow Democrats recently excluded marijuana legalization from the party’s official platform, the congresswoman said in an interview out Thursday. The progressive lawmaker made her feelings clear during an interview conducted on Capitol Hill this week after Democratic National Committee delegates voted against including legal pot on its…

In a powerful floor speech condemning Rep. Ted Yoho’s misogynistic statements earlier this week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decimated a common trope that men have used time and again to defend themselves from allegations of sexism: the “father of daughters” excuse. During a policy disagreement at the US Capitol on Tuesday, Yoho called the Congress member…

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s outrage over a Republican lawmaker’s verbal assault broadened into an extraordinary moment on the House floor on Thursday as she and other Democrats assailed a sexist culture of “accepting violence and violent language against women” whose adherents include Donald Trump. A day after rejecting an offer of contrition from Republican congressman Ted…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemns GOP lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemns GOP lawmake... 01:42 Washington — Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, fired back on Thursday against a GOP congressman who reportedly called her a profane name earlier this week, saying that she was taking a stand for all women to declare his behavior is "not…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, backed by a team of supportive colleagues, led one hour of passionate speeches on the House floor Thursday morning calling out Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., for "dehumanizing" insults against her and slamming his attempt to apologize as falling way short.GOP REP. TED YOHO APOLOGIZES ON HOUSE FLOOR AFTER PROFANE COMMENT ABOUT AOCOcasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recounted how…