During the House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday evening, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) shot nasty remarks at each other.
The hearing got off to a rocky start regarding why everyone was meeting — committee members were discussing whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt — and why so late in the day. Greene asked committee Democrats if any of them was employing Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter, alluding to the New York hush money trial former President Donald Trump faces.
Crockett responded by asking what that had to do with Garland, asking Greene if she knew what they were meeting for. “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up your reading,” Greene shot back.
Greene’s comment angered Rep. Alexandria Oscasio-Cortez (D-NY), who demanded that Greene’s words be struck from the record.
“Are your feelings hurt?” Greene asked Oscasio-Cortez.
“Oh baby girl … don’t even play,” Oscasio-Cortez said.
The exchange derailed the meeting for a half hour as Crockett, Oscasio-Cortez, Greene, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) went back and forth, with Chairman James Comer (R-KY) trying desperately to maintain order.
Oscasio-Cortez demanded that Greene apologize for her comment, but instead, Greene refused and suggested that Oscasio-Cortez debate her instead. Greene went on to say that Oscasio-Cortez does not have the intelligence to debate her. Oscasio-Cortez then moved for Greene’s words to be struck again.
Sooo, Crockett started the mess by not knowing what was going on – she got called out for it!
While I don’t condone the degradation of the conversation, AOC and Crockett played their respective race cards immediately and showed their true characters!
AOC and Crockett played their race cards? It was Butch (Greene) who started the racism.
I’d call it a “cat fight” but MTG isn’t a female.