Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) shredded radical Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) after triggering a meltdown from several overly sensitive Democrats during a fiery congressional hearing.
Greene caused multiple House Democrats to explode with rage Thursday evening during what was supposed to be a contempt hearing for Attorney General Merrick Garland.
The House Oversight Committee had originally been convened to hold AG Garland in contempt.
The move comes after Garland refused to comply with a subpoena to hand over audio recordings of Democrat President Joe Biden’s infamous interviews with Special Counsel Robert Hur.
However, the hearing quickly spiraled out of control as lawmakers traded barbs.
Less than an hour after the hearing got underway, Greene mocked her Democrat colleague, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX).
“Do you know what we’re here for?” Crockett asked Greene.
Greene immediately shot back: “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.”
The comments provoked outrage from Democrat members.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) pleaded for order amid audible groans in the chamber.
Ocasio-Cortez weighed in saying:
“I do have a point of order, and I would like to move to take down Ms. Green’s words.
“That is absolutely unacceptable.
“How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person… move her words down.”
“Are your feelings hurt?” Greene asked.
“Oh girl, baby girl!” AOC shot back.
“Don’t even play!”
Ocasio-Cortez pushed to have Greene’s words “taken down,” which is a procedure to give a speaker the chance to withdraw their words or amend them if they are deemed out of order.
Comer suspended the hearing while lawmakers weighed striking Greene’s words. Ocasio-Cortez could be heard during the discussion: “No way is that being allowed” and “Not today.”
“We’re not going to do a smarmy apology,” AOC said.
“She has to actually apologize.
“And that needs to be up to Ms. Crockett as well.
“It needs to be sincere.”
Greene later agreed to strike her words but refused to apologize.
AOC continued to complain with prompted Greene to ask, “Why don’t you debate me?”
“I think it’s pretty self-evident!” AOC shot back.
“Yeah, you don’t have enough intelligence,” Greene responded, triggering another eruption from Democrats.
As Greene laughed at the response, AOC angrily demanded to move to strike those words as well.
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Later, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who pushed for the court clerk to report the words, asked Greene again if she would apologize.
“You will NEVER get an apology out of me,” Greene declared.
Crockett later reacted to the brouhaha in a post on X.
“So MTG wanted to talk about my appearance in COMMITTEE?!” Crockett wrote.
“This is what happens when mentally deficient people who can’t read and follow rules or just don’t give a damn… somehow end up in CONGRESS!”
So MTG wanted to talk about my appearance in COMMITTEE?!
It’s against the rules to do…
She refused to apologize!
The chairman ruled that it was ok…
AND I asked for clarification about what qualifies as “engaging in personalities”
& basically wanted to know if I could…— Jasmine Crockett (@JasmineForUS) May 17, 2024
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