It’s time to Break It Down!
Greene offered no apologies, and Crockett has no regrets. Considering the current hyper-partisan political divide, their exchange sounds like one that could happen on any day in the U.S. House of Representatives. On last Thursday, the possible became the “that just happened.” During a hearing, ostensibly to facilitate Republicans finding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt, the proceedings ran off the rails.
Congress is one of those institutions that has a host of quaint, and seldom (in other places) used rules. One of those rules is no personal attacks on other members during debate. So, when Rep. Greene attacked Rep. Crockett, with a fake eyelashes comment…it was on.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Sunday that she does not regret insulting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after the two lawmakers clashed during a House committee hearing last week.
“I don’t, because here’s the thing. I signed up to be a member of Congress. That didn’t mean that I was supposed to walk into a position where I’m going to walk in and be disrespected,” she told co-host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked if she regrets her comments during the House hearing.
Crockett also argued, to some skepticism from Tapper, that she had not directly insulted Greene with a remark about a “bleach blonde bad built butch body” because she was asking a question about the rules and did not mention the Georgian lawmaker.
Crockett and Greene were caught in a heated exchange Thursday night after Greene asked Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee whether any of them are employing the daughter of the judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money case.
“Please tell me what that has to do with Merrick Garland,” Crockett responded at the time, referring to the U.S. attorney general. “Do you know what we’re here for?”
“I don’t think you know what you’re here for,” Greene responded. “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.”
Crockett later asked if a hypothetical comment would violate congressional protocol after there was a debate over whether to strike Greene’s words.
“I’m just curious, just to better understand your ruling,” Crockett said about Chair James Comer’s (R-Ky.) ruling on the comments. “If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleach blonde bad built butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?”
Crockett on Sunday explained that she was asking for a “clarification on the ruling.” She also defended herself for now selling merchandise about her comments to Greene.
She wrote on the social platform X that she will be launching a “Crockett Clapback Collection.” She also posted a photo of a T-shirt that reads, “Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body,” which she said will be available first.
I have repeatedly advised, speaking to no one in particular, that folks need to stop coming for Black women. It’ bad juju. Moreover, it almost never ends well. Greene may have burnished her rep as a bully. But, as the above narrative suggests, Jasmine Crockett is bullyproof. She’s not only fearless, but she’s smart.
In a fair world, Committee Chair James Comer would have found that Greene broke protocol and tossed her from the meeting. However, given the GOP’s sparse majority, both in the House, and on the committee, odds are Comer opted not to dismiss Greene, because he might have lost the GOP majority, and therefore been unable to proceed with the Committee’s business. Crockett then responded by obliquely posing a query to the chair, that quickly became a viral clapback, but at the same time, avoided directly addressing Greene. And the beat goes on. “Jasmine Crockett Vs. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Last Week’s Political Cage Match!”
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