US Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez says Republican colleague called her profane slur

US Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday repeated an accusation that her Republican colleague Ted Yoho used a profane gender-based slur towards her earlier this week in an interaction on the Capitol steps.

“In front of reporters, Representative Yoho called me, and I quote, ‘a f**king bitch,’” she said on the House floor. “These are the words that Representative Yoho levied against a Congresswoman.”