Rep targeted by Marjorie Taylor Greene brands her ‘absolutely racist’ as parties respond to fiery clash

Texas Democrat Rep Jasmine Crockett called Georgia Republican Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene “absolutely” racist after the Georgia congresswoman she made comments about her appearance during a House Oversight Committee hearing.

Ms Green mocked the Texans for her false eyelashes, prompting the Thursday night hearing to derail into chaos with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joining the confrontation.

“She is racist. I mean, I don’t have any questions about that. Because, I mean, I don’t know that she’s ever attacked her own colleagues,” Ms Crockett said, according to The Hill.

She went on to say that Ms Greene and Colorado Republican Rep Lauren Boebert “aren’t getting along. Boebert has clip-ins in her hair. And Boebert wears lashes, too, sometimes it looks like. I don’t know”.

“But she doesn’t attack her for any” of that, Ms Crockett said.

“She doesn’t do that, right? But she decided to do it to me,” she added, saying that Ms Greene is “absolutely” racist.

“She probably will raise money, because the racists are going to be so happy to give it to her,” Ms Crockett argued.

The hearing on Thursday night had been moved to 8pm to accommodate some Republicans who went to New York to back former President Donald Trump during his hush money trial.

It was scheduled to mark up the resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for refusing to share audio from President Joe Biden’s interview with then-Special Counsel Robert Hur regarding his handling of classified documents. Mr Biden asserted executive privilege over the audio.

But the hearing was taken over by Ms Greene, her comments, and the ensuing sniping and flurry of insults.

“Please tell me what that has to do with Merrick Garland,” Ms Crockett asked during the