Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) has been forced to resign from the board of a Christian nonprofit organization.
The news comes after he allegedly called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) a "f***ing b***h" and "disgusting" when she was out of earshot, the Daily Mail reports.
Yoho resigned on Friday from the board of the prominent Christian advocacy organization Bread for the World - a nonpartisan group dedicated to alleviating hunger and poverty through public policy initiatives.
On Saturday, the group revealed the news in a statement, saying:
"We believe that Rep. Ted Yoho’s recent actions and words as reported in the media are not reflective of the ethical standards expected of members of our Board of Directors."
The statement continued: "Bread sought his resignation as an action that reaffirms our commitment to coming alongside women and people of color, nationally and globally, as they continue to lead us to a more racially inclusive and equitable world."
Per Vox News, during a policy disagreement at the US Capitol on Tuesday, Yoho reportedly called the Congress member "crazy", "disgusting", and "out of [her] freaking mind".
After she left, he apparently said she was a "f***ing b*tch," according to The Hill's Mike Lillis.
On Wednesday (July 22), Yoho offered an apology that was considered insufficient by many.
"Having been married for 45 years with two daughters, I’m very cognizant of my language," he said. "The offensive name-calling words attributed to me by the press were never spoken to my colleagues and if they were construed that way, I apologize for their misunderstanding."
Ocasio-Cortez denounced the incident as another example of the entrenched sexism within Congress, and slammed Yoho's apology.
"This issue is not about one incident. It is cultural," she said, detailing that it was a culture of "accepting a violence and violent language against women, an entire structure of power that supports that."
She also decimated Yoho's use of the "father of daughters" excuse.
AOC continued:
"I will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women and using abusive language towards women,” she said in the floor speech on Thursday. "But what I do have issue with is using women — wives and daughters — as shields and excuses for poor behavior."
"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 a lack of impunity, of acceptance of violence and violent language against women, an entire structure of power that supports that.
"Mr. Yoho mentioned that he has a wife and two daughters. I am two years younger than Mr. Yoho’s youngest daughter. I am someone’s daughter too. Now, what I am here to say is that this harm that Mr. Yoho levied, tried to levy against me, was not just an incident directed at me, but when you do that to any woman, what Mr. Yoho did was give permission to other men to do that to his daughters."