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“Fake eyelashes” and “butch body”: Reps. MTG and Crockett hurl insults
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3:10Now PlayingA House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday night on whether to move forward with a contempt resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland devolved into chaos as lawmakers took turns body-shaming each other, starting with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene telling Rep. Jasmine Crockett “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stepped in to come to Crockett's defense, before things spiraled further out-of-control, with Crockett taking the mic to fire back at MTG, in a question to Comer about what constitutes a personal attack. “I’m just curious. To better understand your ruling, if someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleached blonde, bad-built, butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?” Crockett asked.
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