Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) fired back at Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) after his tongue-in-cheek comments at Thursday night’s House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing, which erupted into chaos and was full of insults.
“In the past, I have described the U.S. Chamber as The Jerry Springer Show,” Fetterman said Friday morning on social media platform X. “Today, I am apologizing to The Jerry Springer Show.”
Ocasio-Cortez, who was one of the key lawmakers who clashed during the committee’s appointment to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt, responded to the first-term senator, saying she stands up to “bullies.”
“I understand that you probably wouldn’t have defended your colleague and you seem to be confused about racism and misogyny being a ‘both sides’ issue,” Ocasio-Cortez said Friday on X.
“But I stand up to bullies instead of becoming one. And to the women of Pennsylvania: I would advocate for you too. Enjoy your Friday.
During the hearing, which was stalled for nearly an hour due to jabs from all sides, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) accused Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) of using “false eyelashes.” Ocasio-Cortez then moved to quash Greene’s comments, saying they were “disgusting” and “absolutely unacceptable.”
Crockett later took a jab at the viral Georgia Republican, asking, “If someone on this committee starts talking about someone’s blond, poorly built body, that wouldn’t be character engagement, right?”
The chaotic markup, in which committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) struggled to maintain order, was mocked and criticized by CNN and Fox News personalities on Friday morning.
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