{"id":2246685,"date":"2024-05-17T07:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T11:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-missed-during-the-tumultuous-house-hearing-on-thursday-night\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T07:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T11:39:14","slug":"what-you-missed-during-the-tumultuous-house-hearing-on-thursday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-you-missed-during-the-tumultuous-house-hearing-on-thursday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"What went unnoticed in the chaotic 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%2Fwhat-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=2246685&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 House\u200b Oversight Committee faced \u2062turmoil during a hearing when\u2063 Republicans pushed to hold Attorney General\u200c Merrick Garland in contempt. Tensions escalated as Marjorie Taylor Greene questioned Democrats about Judge Juan Merchan&#8217;s \u2063daughter, sparking a \u200cheated exchange with Rep. \u2064Jasmine Crockett. The verbal clash grew intense, involving insults and calls for retraction, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joining in the rebuke against Greene&#8217;s remarks.  <\/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>The House Oversight Committee was meeting Thursday evening before it devolved into chaos.<\/p>\n<h2>Democrats attack Marjorie Taylor Greene for asking about Judge Juan Merchan<\/h2>\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) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-watch-gov-desantis-treat-a-cnn-reporter-exactly-the-way-she-deserved-to-be-treated\/\" title=\"BRUTAL: Watch Gov. DeSantis Treat a CNN \u2018Reporter\u2019 Exactly the Way She Deserved to Be Treated\">fired back<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, Goldman, that\u2019s right. He\u2019s advising,\u201d Greene said, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A battle of verbal insults breaks out between Crockett, Greene, and AOC<\/h2>\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\u2014,\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<h2>MTG asks AOC to debate her<\/h2>\n<p>After a brief recess, the session resumed and Greene said she would strike her words from 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 said. <\/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<h2>Crockett\u2019s revenge<\/h2>\n<p>After another brief recess, Crockett called a point of order and asked House Oversight Committee Chairman 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>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-tradup-im-glad-walt-disney-didnt-live-to-see-this\/\" title=\"Tom Tradup: I\u2019m Glad Walt Disney Didn\u2019t Live To See This\">verbal tirade<\/a> 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Garland eventually held in\u00a0contempt <\/h2>\n<p>After all the yelling, shouting, insults, and use of profanity, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-you-missed-during-the-tumultuous-house-hearing-on-thursday-night\/\" title=\"Discover the highlights from the eventful House hearing on Thursday night\">committee eventually passed<\/a> 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>On Thursday night, a heated dispute erupted between Democrats and Republicans over a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt. 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