{"id":2247072,"date":"2024-05-17T16:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-responds-to-oversight-committee-hearing-eruption-people-should-respect-each-other\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T16:53:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:53:21","slug":"white-house-responds-to-oversight-committee-hearing-eruption-people-should-respect-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-responds-to-oversight-committee-hearing-eruption-people-should-respect-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Reacts to Hearing Outburst: Emphasizes Mutual Respect"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fwhite-house-responds-to-oversight-committee-hearing-eruption-people-should-respect-each-other%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=2247072&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 White House \u2064criticized the House Oversight Committee for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-bodycam-footage-of-police-responding-to-altercation-between-georgia-democrat-senate-candidate-raphael-warnock-and-his-wife-released-video\/\" title=\"Shocking Bodycam Footage of Police Responding to Altercation Between Georgia Democrat Senate Candidate Raphael Warnock and His Wife Released (VIDEO)\">heated argument<\/a> between Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jasmine Crockett during a \u2062hearing. The exchange involved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-loeffler-fires-back-after-ossoff-accuses-her-of-campaigning-with-kkk-member\/\" title=\"Sen. Loeffler Fires Back After Ossoff Accuses Her of Campaigning with KKK Member\">personal attacks<\/a> on appearance. Greene commented on Crockett&#8217;s &#8220;fake\u200d eyelashes,&#8221; while\u200b Crockett referred to Greene&#8217;s\u2063 physical appearance. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for \u200ban \u2064apology. The White House condemned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-agent-corroborates-whistleblower-claim-that-fbi-interfered-with-irs-investigation-of-hunter-biden-comer-reveals\/\" title=\"Ex-agent confirms FBI meddling in IRS probe of Hunter Biden, Comer reveals.\">contentious\u2062 exchange<\/a> between Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jasmine Crockett during a House Oversight Committee hearing. The dispute escalated with personal attacks on appearance, as Greene mentioned Crockett&#8217;s &#8220;fake eyelashes&#8221; and Crockett criticized Greene&#8217;s physical features. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez intervened, \u200cseeking an apology.  <\/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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> cast a little shade at the House Oversight Committee Friday after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-street-execs-recognize-need-to-restrict-flow-of-us-capital-to-china-gallagher\/\" title=\"Wall Street Execs Acknowledge Urgency to Limit US Capital Flow to China: Gallagher\">committee members engaged<\/a> in a heated verbal altercation during a hearing the previous evening.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jasmine-crockett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jasmine Crockett<\/a> (D-TX) interrupted the proceedings and exchanged a number of barbs attacking each other\u2019s appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Greene suggested that Crockett was having trouble reading past her \u201cfake eyelashes,\u201d and, shortly after, Crockett responded by alluding to Greene\u2019s \u201cbleach blonde, bad-built, butch body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) demanded that Greene apologize, which she refused. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre your feelings hurt?\u201d Greene taunted. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh girl, oh baby girl, don\u2019t even play,\u201d the \u201cSquad\u201d member shot back.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters asked White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\">Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> about the incident during Friday\u2019s briefing, and though she declined to comment directly, Jean-Pierre did invoke President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s lengthy congressional career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs someone who was a senator for 36 years, he believed that people should respect each other, treat each other with dignity and civility,\u201d she responded simply. \u201cI think you have to treat people with dignity, you have to treat people with respect. It is important to do that because you are there to work on behalf of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed displeasure with the way all parties acted during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was not a good look for Congress,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"Trump backs Republican COVID-19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a>. \u201cWe all, I think, need to control the emotions better and get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the decorum in the House is an important tradition to maintain,\u201d Johnson continued. \u201cSo we\u2019ll be talking about that with our members. I think Hakeem Jeffries needs to do the same on the Democrat side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Friday\u2019s briefing in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"fx3v9II0lRs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fx3v9II0lRs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House subtly criticized the House Oversight Committee for a tense exchange during a hearing. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jasmine Crockett clashed, exchanging personal remarks. Greene implied Crockett had reading difficulties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2247073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24138701414953.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24138701414953.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}