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The Hill reports:
A House Oversight Committee hearing devolved into chaos Thursday night as Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) clashed after the firebrand Republican accused Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) of wearing “fake eyelashes.”
The comment — which was made during a markup to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress — prompted nearly an hour of disorder in the committee, with lawmakers screaming over one another and hurling insults left and right, leaving Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) struggling to maintain order.
The madness culminated Thursday night with a vote on whether or not to allow Greene to continue speaking during the hearing, which the panel ultimately granted in a 22-20 vote. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) crossed party lines to vote against allowing the Georgia lawmaker to proceed.
Mediaite has some of the transcript:
GREENE: I’d like to know if any of the Democrats on this committee are employing Judge Merchan’s daughter.
CROCKETT: Please tell me what that has to do with Merrick Garland.
GREENE: Oh, Goldman. That’s right. He’s advising. Ok.
CROCKETT: Do you know what we’re here for? Do you know we’re here–
(CROSSTALK)
GREENE: I think your fake eyelashes are messing up your–
COMER: Hold on! Hold on! Order.
(CROSSTALK)
COMER: We have a point of order. Mr. Lynch, state your point.
STEPHEN LYNCH: Mr. Chairman, I would just like to ask the parliamentarian if your conduct here in raising money in connection with this hearing is referable to the Ethics Committee within this hearing. There’s a motion in order to refer your conduct and your abuse–
COMER: That’s not a point of order.
OCASIO-CORTEZ: Mr., I do have a point of order. And I would like to move to take down Ms. Greene’s words. That is absolutely unacceptable! How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person!
GREENE: Are your feelings hurt?
OCASIO-CORTEZ: Move her words down!
GREENE: Aww.
OCASIO-CORTEZ: Oh! Girl, baby, girl!
GREENE: Oh, really?
OCASIO-CORTEZ: Don’t even play!
GREENE: Baby, girl? I don’t think so.
OCASIO-CORTEZ: We are gonna move and we are gonna take your words down.
Jasmine Crockett on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “bleach blonde, bad built, butch body” during a House committee oversight hearing.
This started after MTG said her ‘fake eyelashes were messing up her reading’pic.twitter.com/kuPKMFAjFu
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 17, 2024
Let’s check in on the House Oversight Committee tonight, shall we?
*this came after MTG made fun of a Democratic lawmaker’s “fake eyelashes”* pic.twitter.com/mkAxeSx5xp
— Jay O’Brien (@jayobtv) May 17, 2024
House Oversight markup has devolved into complete chaos
MTG to Crockett: “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading”
And then:
MTG to AOC: “Why don’t you debate me”
AOC: “I think it’s pretty self-evident”
MTG: “Yeah, you don’t have enough intelligence”— Annie Grayer (@AnnieGrayerCNN) May 17, 2024
Oh wow, Jasmine Crockett goes off on Marjorie Taylor Greene and Luna pic.twitter.com/AShjGfPXoe
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 17, 2024
Watching Raskin’s face and then Crockett’s as she seeks a point of order to see whether it’s appropriate to comment on Marge’s “bleach blonde bad built butch body” after Greene talked about her eyelashes is the best part. pic.twitter.com/kTzztlSFm7
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 17, 2024