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Congresswoman Pressley, who has worked closely with Ocasio-Cortez as part of the same freshman class of progressive congresswomen, also stood in support of her colleague. In her remarks, Pressley was affirming, choosing to address her own daughter, Cora.

“I speak to our daughters, for they are watching and carefully taking note of how we respond in this moment,” said Pressley. “So in this moment, I say to my Cora and all our daughters: you are powerful, you are limitless. Your contributions to this world are brilliant, needed, and uniquely yours.”

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“You deserve a life free from fear and filled with dignity and love, you are not defined by your productivity or your chosen work,” Pressley confirmed. “We affirm these truths to be self-evident, that women are the backbone of every family, of our communities, and we are nation builders.”

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But, true to form, the sharpest rebuttal to Yoho’s words came from Ocasio-Cortez herself.

“This is not new, and that is the problem,” she said in speech rejecting Yoho’s weak apology. “Mr. Yoho was not alone. He was walking shoulder to shoulder with Representative Roger Williams. And that’s when we start to see that this issue is not about one incident. It is cultural. It is a culture of lack of impunity. Of accepting violence and violent language against women. And an entire structure of power that supports that.”

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She also called out Yoho using the fact that he was a wife and daughters—a standard part of the “I got caught being sexist” playbook. Ocasio-Cortez pointed out that she is two years younger than Yoho’s youngest daughter.

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“I am someone’s daughter, too. My father, thankfully, is not alive to see how Mr. Yoho treated his daughter,” she said. “My mother got to see Mr. Yoho’s disrespect on the floor of this House towards me on television. And I am here because I have to show my parents that I am their daughter. And they did not raise me to accept abuse from men.”