Crockett slams Greene as 'racist' following contentious House committee meeting
Source: CNN Politics
Updated 11:13 PM EDT, Fri May 17, 2024
CNN — Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett criticized Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling her “racist,” following a tense House Oversight markup Thursday evening that quickly devolved into personal attacks.
As the panel met to advance contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland over his refusal to turn over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur, Greene, a Georgia Republican, sparked outrage when she commented on Crockett’s appearance. “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading,” Greene said.
Speaking to reporters on Friday about the incident, Crockett said, “That’s all it is, it is racism. And she decided that she was going to be that person out loud and out front on yesterday. The difference is I just wasn’t going to take it laying down.” “She is racist. I mean, I don’t have any questions about that,” she added. When asked by CNN’s Abby Phillip Friday night why she believes Greene’s comments were racist, Crockett said the Georgia Republican “was just basically repeating the nonsense that MAGA world is constantly putting out there.”
“I’ve received so many amazing compliments from MAGA America throughout my time in Congress,” Crockett said, sarcastically, on “NewsNight.” “A lot of times when I would go viral, instead of them trying to address the things that I laid out in a very factual way, what they would try to do is say, ‘Oh, look at her hair,’ or ‘Look at her nails,’ or ‘Look at her lashes,’ and they would all then associate anything I do as a form of beautification with being quote-unquote ‘ghetto.’”
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