A House Democrat has effectively accused his colleagues of being drunk on the House floor during Thursday’s now infamous verbal scuffle.
As previously reported, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jasmine Crockett, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got into it during a House Oversight Committee hearing this Thursday after Greene accused Crockett of having “fake eyelashes.”
In the aftermath of their feud, Rep. Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat, alleged that some House members had been drinking prior.
This prompted House Oversight Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin, also a Democrat, to say that it may be “worth investigating” whether the drinking really happened.
“I didn’t see the drinking, [but] the gentlelady from New Mexico, Melanie Stansbury, raised it. She said there are members drinking in the room, and that’s something that is worth investigating if there was in fact drinking taking place,” he told Fox News.
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The hearing Thursday had been designed to discuss a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for brazenly refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena. It started going sideways when Greene asked if any committee members were employing the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan.
Merchan is the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s hush money case. The former president has repeatedly accused the judge’s daughter of being a partisan actor beholden to the Democrat Party.
Responding to Greene’s question, Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett asked to know what the question had to do with the hearing’s subject matter, AG Garland.
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The whole thing together is a work of art. Put it in a time capsule for future generations, or whatever the digital equivalent is. Note the expressions on the faces of the men. pic.twitter.com/lQrjx7PRrR
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) May 17, 2024
“Please tell me what that has to do with Merrick Garland. Do you know what we’re here for? Do you know we’re here …,” Crockett said before being cut off by Greene.
“I think your fake eyelashes are messing up your …,” the congresswoman said before being cut off by committee chair James Comer, who turned the mic over to Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“I would like to move to take down Ms. Greene’s words,” the lawmaker angrily remarked. “That is absolutely unacceptable! How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person!”
This is when things started getting really heated.
“Are your feelings hurt?” Greene mockingly asked.
“Move her words down!” Ocasio-Cortez shrieked.
“Aww,” the Republican congresswoman responded.
“Oh! Girl, baby, girl! Don’t even play!” Ocasio-Cortez grumbled.
“Baby girl? I don’t think so,” Greene responded.
Greene eventually agreed to strike her words from the congressional record, but Ocasio-Cortez cried foul, demanding an apology as well.
Marjorie Taylor Greene ROASTING AOC is the highlight of the night so far
AOC: “She has to apologize”
MTG: “I’m not apologizing. Why don’t you debate me?”
AOC: “That’s self evident”
MTG: “Yeah, you don’t have enough intelligence”
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 17, 2024
Greene didn’t take kindly to the demand.
“I’m not apologizing,” she said. “Why don’t you debate me?”
“That’s self-evident,” Ocasio-Cortez replied.
“Yeah, you don’t have enough intelligence,” Greene responded.
After this spectacle, Crockett then tried turning the tables on the Republican congresswoman.
“If someone on this committee starts talking about somebody’s bleached blonde, bad-built, butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?” she asked sarcastically.
This prompted another congresswoman, Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, to demand that HER words be stricken from the record.
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Anyway. We’re $35 trillion in debt. Heading into World War 3. Being invaded at the southern border.
Let’s check in on congress: pic.twitter.com/V3h7u1Jij8
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) May 17, 2024
But the drama still wasn’t over.
Later during the hearing, Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert voted with Democrats on a motion to prevent Greene from speaking and also apologized to Congress on Greene’s behalf.
“I just want to apologize to the American people,” she said. “When things get as heated as they have, unfortunately, it’s an embarrassment on our body as a whole.”
Crockett meanwhile began yapping that Greene’s eyelashes insult was somehow racist.
“She’s racist,” the Democrat told reporters. “I get attacked all the time on social media and it’s usually by millions of people that follow her and Trump. When I say something that they don’t like … they say, ‘Oh well, look at her nails, look at her hair, it’s fake. Look at her eyelashes.'”
“That is them attacking me, really, as a black woman,” she added.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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