Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett and Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene engaged in a heated racial altercation during a House Oversight Committee hearing on May 17, 2024.
The altercation began when Greene mocked Crockett's eyelashes, leading to accusations of racism and insults regarding personal appearance.
The exchange escalated into chaos as other members of the committee joined in.
In a heated exchange during a House Oversight Committee hearing on May 17, 2024, Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett and Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene engaged in a verbal altercation that led to accusations of racism and insults regarding personal appearance. The incident occurred during the committee's discussion on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt.
During the session, Greene mocked Crockett's eyelashes, leading Crockett to respond by criticizing Greene's physical appearance and labeling her comments as racist. The exchange quickly escalated into chaos as other members of the committee joined in on the altercation.
Crockett later defended her claim that Greene's comments were racist during an interview on CNN's State of the Union, stating that MAGA (a term often used to refer to supporters of former President Donald Trump) historically targets women with false eyelashes and implies they are
Rep. Jasmine Crockett defended her claim that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comments towards her during a House committee meeting were ‘racist’.
Crockett responded by criticizing Greene’s physical appearance, mentioning her ‘bleach blonde, bad built, butch body.’
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]Rep. Jasmine Crockett defended her claim that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments towards her during a House committee meeting were 'racist'.[]
Greene made a comment about Crockett's fake eyelashes during the committee hearing on contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Crockett responded by criticizing Greene's physical appearance, mentioning her 'bleach blonde, bad built, butch body.'
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The author, Jasmine Crockett, makes several inflammatory statements towards Marjorie Taylor Greene during an interview on CNN. She accuses Greene of buying into a racist trope by commenting on Crockett's false eyelashes and implies that Greene targeted her specifically due to her race. This is an example of an appeal to racism fallacy, as Crockett is making assumptions about Greene's intentions based on their racial differences.
> Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Sunday defended her claim that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comments toward her during a House committee meeting were ‘racist.’
> Speaking on CNN’s ‘State of the Union,’ Crockett explained her remarks in response to Greene saying, ‘I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.’ > 'MAGA has historically been on social media doing the things where they’re saying, ‘Oh, she’s Black with lashes and nails and hair, and so she’s ghetto,' Crockett told host Jake Tapper. > 'It is buying into a racist trope.’
> Women of all colors wear false eyelashes, Crockett said, but the issue was with Greene specifically targeting her.
> ‘Don’t take the bait,’ former Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile offered advice to Crockett.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett announced merchandise based on her feud with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
The money from the merchandise sales will go towards ensuring a Democratic House
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The author makes editorializing comments and engages in emotional manipulation by describing the actions of Rep. Jasmine Crockett as 'embarrassing' and 'disgraceful'. The article also contains selective reporting as it only reports details that support the author's position, such as negative reactions to Crockett's misspelled T-shirt.
She was so anxious to milk the attention for money she couldn’t even take the time to get her own name right.
What an embarrassment. For Texas. For the whole country.
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The author engages in inflammatory rhetoric by describing the T-shirts as 'misspelled merchandise' and using derogatory language to describe Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's appearance. The author also quotes other social media users who use inflammatory language towards Rep. Jasmine Crockett.
misspelled merchandise
bleach blonde, bad-built, butch body
What an embarrassment. For Texas. For the whole country.
She was so anxious to milk the attention for money she couldn’t even take the time to get her own name right.
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The author uses derogatory language towards Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's physical appearance and mocks her for having a 'bleach blonde, bad-built, butch body'. This is an example of religious and ideological bias as the author is attacking someone based on their beliefs and physical appearance.
Conservative musician ‘Five Times August’ blasted the shirt, saying, ‘What an embarrassment. For Texas. For the whole country. ’Leaders’ like you prove we have none. We are screwed.’ 'The shirt says ‘Crockrtt’, she added in another post. She was so anxious to milk the attention for money she couldn’t even take the time to get her own name right.'
The bickering continued as AOC came to Crockett’s defense, saying, ‘I do have a point of order, and I would like to move to take down Ms. Greene’s words. That is absolutely unacceptable. How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person? Move her words down.’ After Greene shot back with some more mockery, AOC exclaimed, ‘Oh girl, baby girl – don’t even play!’ Crockett also fired back at Greene’s personal appearance, describing her as having a ‘bleach blonde, bad-built, butch body.’
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted the appearance of Representative Jasmine Crockett during a session of the House Oversight Committee.
Greene mocked Crockett's eyelashes during their verbal altercation.
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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted Representative Jasmine Crockett's appearance during a session of the House Oversight Committee.
Crockett responded by criticizing Greene’s physical appearance, mentioning her ‘bleach blonde, bad built, butch body.’
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The article describes an incident where Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted the appearance of Representative Jasmine Crockett during a House Oversight Committee session. This is an example of emotional manipulation and selective reporting as it only reports details that support the author's position, implying that Greene's actions were the cause of the chaos in the committee session. The article does not provide any context or perspective from Crockett or other members of the committee, making it one-sided.
Her first target was Representative Jasmine Crockett, the Democrat from Texas who frequently takes on Ms. Greene in the committee.
After an initial back and forth, Ms. Greene went after Ms. Crockett’s appearance, causing all hell to break loose.
In an after-hours session on Capitol Hill, insults by the right-wing Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene led to a raucous exchange with Democrats, featuring insults about personal appearance, intellect and more.
Ms. Greene went after Ms. Crockett’s appearance, causing all hell to break loose.
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The author, Luke Broadwater, demonstrates a lack of impartiality by describing the behavior of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene as 'incendiary statements and stunts' and the chaos she instigated as 'fight club'. This language implies a negative bias towards Greene.
The first target was Representative Jasmine Crockett, the Democrat from Texas who frequently takes on Ms. Greene in the committee.
Who better to instigate the chaos than Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the right-wing Georgia Republican best known for her penchant for incendiary statements and stunts?
