Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene engaged each other in the feud during the congressional hearing. (Getty Images)
House members are generally prohibited from "engaging in personalities" or assigning motive to actions of their colleagues. Despite howls from the Democrats, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., ruled that Greene’s verbal smudge at Crockett was in order.
So Crockett launched a verbal vilification of Greene on her own, seeking clarity about the chairman’s ruling. Yet Crockett artfully insulted Greene while staying within the rules of decorum established by Comer.
"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?" questioned Crockett.
"A what now?" asked a bewildered Comer.
The committee meeting embarrassed lawmakers from both sides.
"We’ve got to get back to a place where we actually get business done," said Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif.
"I don’t think the American people deserved that," said Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla.
"It’s getting worse, right?" asked Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla. "Our enemies are laughing."
So, for Congress, it was a bad look for the body.
But it’s unclear if that was the House of Representatives? Or a bleach blonde, bad-built, butch body?
Greene has her share of enemies in the House Republican Conference. One of them appears to be Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo. Greene and Boebert stood close to one another at President Biden’s 2022 State of the Union address, hectoring the executive in chief at nearly every syllable. But their alliance frayed over the election of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in early 2022. Greene stood by McCarthy while Boebert was one of the holdouts. Boebert infamously confronted Greene in the Capitol. Greene eventually called Boebert "a little b----."
A hazmat team responded to the RNC headquarters. (Fox News)
Mast then walked past and entered the hearing room.
"Somebody check this guy’s badge! You are in danger!" yelled the anti-Israel protesters.
"I will place you under arrest. It will be a federal offense," countered the officer.
"And I'm going to sue the federal government for false arrest and I'm going to get rich dude," declared the protester.
Never mind that you can’t sue Congress.
So the protester began insulting the appearance of the officer who walked away.
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., briefly engaged a group of anti-Israel protesters.
"Enjoy your First Amendment," said Burchett. "You wouldn't have it in Palestine."
Protesters might not be able to prevent lawmakers from doing official business – and can say pretty much anything to anyone in a congressional hallway. But even lawmakers don’t have rhetorical carte blanche when it comes to what they can say on the House floor.
Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., demanded the House flag Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., after he spoke about former President Trump.
"Donald Trump might want to be a king. But he is not a king," said McGovern, the leading Democrat on the Rules Committee. "We have a presumptive nominee for president facing 88 counts."
After an extensive, behind-the-scenes consultation with the House parliamentarian and a review of precedents, the House ruled that McGovern’s language was a "breach of order." Rep. Jerry Carl, R-Ala., presided over the House at the time. Carl declared that remarks about Trump were "personally offensive." The House bars lawmakers from casting personal aspersions on fellow members, senators or the president.
Carl ruled that Trump is "afforded the same privileges as the president" and can thus not be spoken about in such terms on the House floor. Carl added that the House "finds that words are an offensive attack and are stricken from the record."
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The House then barred McGovern from speaking on the floor for the remainder of the day.
"Apparently there are people on the other side of the aisle who want to try to silence Jim McGovern because he waxes the floor with them every time he speaks," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. "That makes them uncomfortable and they just can’t handle it."
Congress is an ugly, tense place these days. You can’t put lipstick on a pig. The rifts are deep.
And, there’s little chance that lawmakers will kiss – and "makeup."
Chad Pergram currently serves as a senior congressional correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
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