Chaos in House Oversight Committee hearing
Discussions on Capitol Hill started becoming personal after Georgia House Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett during a hearing.
It happened during a House Oversight Committee meeting that had convened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena, demanding he hand over an audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel.
The discussions escalated to personal attacks when Greene responded to a comment from Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett by insulting her personal appearance.
“I am not apologizing. Why don’t you debate me? I think it’s pretty self-evident, you don’t have enough intelligence,” the Georgia representative told New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who called her words “absolutely unacceptable.”
Crockett asked for clarification of those rules and fired back an insult aimed at Greene.
The exchange derailed the meeting for nearly an hour.
