Marjorie Taylor Greene Attacks Jasmine Crockett’s Appearance, Chaos Erupts

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Photo: Getty Images Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) launched a personal attack against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D), sparking chaos during a House Oversight Committee meeting. On Thursday (May 16) night, lawmakers gathered for a House Oversight Committee meeting over whether Attorney General Merrick Garland should be held in contempt of Congress for declining to hand over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur about his handling of classified documents. Chaos ensued after Greene responded to one of Crockett’s questions, saying, “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) and other Democrats swiftly condemned Greene’s comment, asking that her words be struck from the record and for the GOP lawmaker to apologize to Crockett. “That is absolutely unacceptable,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person?” “Are your feelings hurt?” Greene shot back. “Oh, girl? Baby girl,” Ocasio-Cortez quipped. “Don’t even play.” Greene went on to say that Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t have “enough intelligence” for a debate. “Why don’t you debate me?” the Republican questioned, to which Ocasio-Cortez responded, “It’s pretty self-evident.” “You don’t have enough intelligence,” Greene told the New York lawmaker. Greene eventually agreed...

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