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“Something Out Of Jerry Springer”: Commentators Lament Out-Of-Control, Insult-Filled House Hearing Featuring Marjorie Taylor Greene


The hearing descended into chaos after Greene insulted a lawmaker for wearing fake eyelashes.

The purpose of the hearing was to consider whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt, a polarizing proposal that quickly made the proceedings raucous. Greene has become somewhat of an outcast in her own party after she sought to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, an effort that was resoundingly defeated in a vote last week. The spectacle of the hearing, though, was a hot topic on this morning’s news and talk shows, as commentators on the left and right pointing to it as an example of the decline of decorum in Congress.

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