{"id":2246640,"date":"2024-05-17T06:20:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T10:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-you-missed-during-the-tumultuous-house-hearing-on-thursday-night\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T06:21:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T10:21:45","slug":"heres-what-you-missed-during-the-tumultuous-house-hearing-on-thursday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-you-missed-during-the-tumultuous-house-hearing-on-thursday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the highlights from the eventful House hearing on Thursday night"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fheres-what-you-missed-during-the-tumultuous-house-hearing-on-thursday-night%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246640&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The heated House hearing\u200c on Thursday night saw Republicans \u2063pushing a resolution to hold AG Garland in contempt. Rep. Marjorie \u200cTaylor Greene (R-GA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-pelosi-allowed-recently-covid-positive-rep-onto-house-floor-to-vote-for-her\/\" title=\"Report: Pelosi allowed recently COVID-positive rep. onto House floor to vote for her\">faced backlash<\/a> for raising an \u2064unrelated issue. Verbal sparring escalated, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/story-about-ted-cruzs-father-and-lee-harvey-oswald-was-fabricated-david-pecker-says\/\" title=\"David Pecker confirms fabrication of story linking Ted Cruz's father to Lee Harvey Oswald\">insults exchanged<\/a>\u200d between Reps. Crockett, Greene, and AOC. Chaos unfolded as Democrats and Republicans clashed over Greene&#8217;s remarks about physical appearance. During \u2064the intense House hearing on Thursday\u2063 night, \u2063Republicans pursued a resolution against AG Garland. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene faced criticism for diverting the discussion. Tensions rose as Reps. Crockett, Greene, and AOC exchanged verbal jabs. The situation spiraled into \u2063chaos with Democrats and Republicans at odds over \u2064Greene&#8217;s \u2063comments on appearance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A contentious war of words between Democrats and Republicans broke out Thursday night as Republicans advanced a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">attack<\/a> Marjorie Taylor Greene for asking about Judge Juan Merchan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democrats attacked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after she asked if any Democrats on the committee employed the daughter of one of the judges overseeing one of former President Donald Trump\u2019s court cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to know if any of the Democrats on this committee are employing Judge Merchan\u2019s daughter,\u201d Greene asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease tell me what that has to do with Merrick Garland,\u201d Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-MO) fired back. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, Goldman, that\u2019s right. He\u2019s advising,\u201d Greene said, while ignoring Crockett\u2019s question. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know what we\u2019re here for?\u201d Crockett asked Greene in a condescending tone. \u201cYou know we\u2019re here for AG\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And then the gloves came off. <\/p>\n<p><strong>A battle of verbal insults breaks out between Crockett, Greene, and AOC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the back and forth between Crockett and Greene, things became heated after Greene responded to Crockett. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think you know what you\u2019re here for,\u201d Greene said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, you the one talking about\u2026,\u201d Crockett replied before Greene interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you\u2019re reading,\u201d Greene said.<\/p>\n<p>Chaos ensued after Greene\u2019s comments, with Democrats barking at Republicans and Republicans barking at Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) jumped into the fray by condemning Greene\u2019s words a few moments later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do have a point of order, and I would like to move to take down Miss Greene\u2019s words,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said. \u201cThat is absolutely unacceptable! How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre your feelings hurt?\u201d Greene asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemove her words down!\u201d Ocasio-Cortez exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAww,\u201d Greene responded. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh girl, baby girl,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez fired back. \u201cDon\u2019t even play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to move, and we are going to take your words down,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>MTG asks AOC to debate her<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a brief recess, the session resumed and Greene said she would strike her words when Ocasio-Cortez interrupted and demanded an apology. Greene refused, to which Ocasio-Cortez said the words would not be taken down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy don\u2019t you debate me?\u201d Greene asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s pretty self-evident,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez exclaimed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, you don\u2019t have enough intelligence,\u201d Greene replied. <\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez then asked to strike those words from the record. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, they cannot take the words,\u201d Greene said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crockett\u2019s revenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After another brief recess, Rep. Crockett called a point of order and asked Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) for clarification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just curious, just to better understand your ruling,\u201d Crockett said. \u201cIf someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody\u2019s bleach, blond, bad, built butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) then entered the ruckus, demanding Crockett\u2019s words be removed from the record. <\/p>\n<p>Crockett then exploded and launched a verbal tirade against Luna, shouting and using profanity. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalm down, please calm down,\u201d Luna said. \u201cYou\u2019re out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Garland eventually held in\u00a0contempt<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>After all the yelling, shouting, insults, and use of profanity, the Committee eventually passed a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over audio recordings of President Joe Biden\u2019s interview with special counsel Robert Hur.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday night witnessed a heated dispute between Democrats and Republicans as the latter pushed a resolution to cite Attorney General Merrick Garland for contempt. Rep. 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