Passion and the Patriarchy, a Dangerous Cocktail

Yoho called AOC out of her name, and we all can draw strength from her clapback

Danielle Moodie
ZORA
Published in
5 min readJul 27, 2020

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Screencap of AOC addressing Yoho’s remarks.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responds to remarks made by Representative Ted Yoho. Photo: House Television/Associated Press

It’s been a week since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was called out of her name by her colleague Rep. Ted Yoho. It’s been four days since she took to the House floor and provided the most elegant clapback that eviscerated Yoho’s paltry excuse for an…

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Danielle Moodie
ZORA
Writer for

is the host of #WokeAF Daily & co-host of the podcast #democracyish. She covers all the news and happenings at the intersection of politics and pop culture.