The internet blew up over a heated exchange in the House Oversight Committee on Thursday evening. Ostensibly, the committee had gathered for a markup of a resolution to hold US Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.
But it quickly devolved into chaos. Unsurprisingly, Marjorie Taylor Greene threw the first grenade when she mocked Jasmine Crockett, a freshman Democrat from Texas, for her “fake eyelashes.” That in turn led to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, asking for Greene’s words to be stricken from the record. When Greene asked if she had hurt her feelings, Ocasio-Cortez replied: “Oh girl, oh baby girl, don’t even play.”
