Jasmine Crockett reflects on her heated dispute with Marjorie Taylor Greene

Representative Jasmine Crockett expressed in a recent interview that she does not regret standing up to Marjorie Taylor Greene during a heated session of the House Oversight Committee in mid-May. But would she go back and change anything

Georgia Congress Greene has never been afraid to speak her mind and cares not about being politically correct. However, Greene recently got herself into hot water when she made a rude and offensive comment about Crockett's appearance, which resulted in a feud that would last days.

Greene and Crockett are both members of The House Oversight Committee and it was in this setting that a nasty remark from Greene set off a change of events that may just lead to a trademarked term about her appearance. 

Greene kicked off an obscene uproar during a House Oversight Committee meeting about Attorney General Merrick Garland when she casually said to Crockett: “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading,” the HuffPost reported. 

House Oversight Committee chair James Comer called for order while Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasia Cortez asked that Greene’s words be taken down before making her own comment on Greene’s inappropriate remark. 

“That is absolutely unacceptable,” Ocasio-Cortez said before she added: “How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person” Greene was quick to reply and asked Ocasio-Cortez if her feelings had been hurt. 

Comer suspended the committee hearing for several minutes so that its members could confer with parliamentary experts but Greene and Ocasio-Cortez resumed their fight in the hearing after Greene refused to apologize. 

“Why don’t you debate me?” Greene said. “I think it’s self-evident,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Yeah, you don’t have enough intelligence,” Greene answered. More minutes before Greene was told she could finish her time. But Crockett had something to say. 

Calling a point of order, Crockett asked Comer: “I’m just curious, just to better understand your ruling. 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?”

Comer responded to Crockett by asking: “What now?” Seemingly not clear on exactly what she had said. There were calls to strike Crockett’s words while some members could be seen laughing at Crockett’s remarks about Greene. 

A recess was called and the awkward incident seemed over. But Greene would respond to Crockett’s comments about her outside of the hearing a few days later with a video of herself working out with another message for Crockett. 

“Yes my body is built and strong NOT with nips, tucks, plastic, or silicone, but through a healthy lifestyle,” Greene wrote in a post alongside her video. 

Photo Credit: X @mtgreenee

“Soon turning 50 years old, God willing, I will continue to lift, run, swim, play sports, surf, ski, climb and LIVE this life to the fullest and enjoy every single moment!” 

To be fair, Greene’s video was likely a response to the news that Crockett was planning to sell merchandise of “random things” she has said in the past to help raise money for Democrats—which she revealed on X would include the ‘Crockett Clapback Collection.”

“This collection will feature various swag that includes random things I’ve said. The money will go to ensuring that we have a Democratic House!” Crockett wrote, including a picture of a shirt with her ‘bad built butch body’ comment on it. 

Photo Credit: X @JasmineForUS

On May 21st, reports began to circulate that Crockett was looking at trademarking her now infamous term about Greene’s body and that her campaign had filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office according to The Hill. 

The application noted that the phrase would be used on clothing items and accessories that included hats, sweaters, socks, and shirts. But that wasn’t the only recent news on the feud. May 22nd saw Crockett comment on her fury over Greene’s comment. 

“It is a committee where you got to stay on top of your toes and be ready for some nonsense,” Crockett explained to HuffPost. “I didn’t think that I’d have to be ready for being attacked for my lashes in committee, but it is that type of committee where it is hand-to-hand combat all the time.”

On May 28th, an Elle magazine interview with Crockett revealed that the Texas Congresswoman didn't regret what she said but Crockett did point out she would maybe remove the word 'butch' from her remarks since it may have hurt members of the LGBTQIA community.

"I never intended to hurt anybody in the community, if there was a word that I could’ve changed, that potentially would’ve been the word," Crockett said about the word butch being in her comments before adding that those who used the word to go after members of the LGBTQIA community already didn't like that community.

Crockett also revealed some Republicans have also been giving her thumbs up and winks in response to her treatment of Greene. The Texas Congresswoman noted that no one was defending Greene's actions.

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