DALLAS — Bleach blonde, bad built, butch body.
Has such alliteration and only six words ever jolted Congress as much?
In our latest episode of Y’all-itics, U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, explains why she chose not to sit there quietly after Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, attacked her physical appearance.
“Until people decide that they want to elect serious lawmakers, this is the space that we’re functioning in. I chose to defend myself because when I went to Congress, I didn’t go to Congress to be anyone’s doormat,” Congresswoman Crockett told us. “To me, it’s hard to tell my district that I will stand up and I will fight for your rights, and I will fight for you, and sometimes that means even fighting for some of their lives, and I don’t even stand up and fight for myself.”
It all started during a routine House Oversight Committee meeting where lawmakers were deciding whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.
Rep. Greene said Rep. Crockett’s “fake eyelashes” might be getting in the way of the Democrat’s ability to read and understand.
In response, Crockett referred to Greene with the phrase “bleach blonde, bad built, butch body.”
The moment quickly went viral, almost before lawmakers had even left the meeting.
“One of the reasons that I think what I said really took off is because people were ready to attack the bully,” Crockett said on Y’all-itics. “Democrats and Republicans alike were like thank you, finally somebody to like, you know, shut this bully down.
Crockett tells us she has neither seen nor spoken with Greene since the hearing.
For her response, Congresswoman Greene posted a video on Instagram of her working out and defending her physique, saying she’s nearly 50 and she hopes to continue to “lift, run, swim, play sports, surf, ski, climb and LIVE this life to the fullest and enjoy every single moment!”
Congresswoman Crocket has filed to trademark the phrase, now known as “B6.”
But she clarified to us that it was her campaign, not her personally, and they’ll use the money to help other candidates across all levels of government.
And to anyone arguing she should not have taken the bait, and chosen the proverbial high road instead, Crockett says this is a different time with different politics, and the new generation of Democrats have a different approach.
“Right now, we can’t get a reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act because we have been coopted by people that, literally, don’t believe in diversity, equity, or inclusion, affirmative action. Like, we’re turning back the hands of time on repro. Like, we have a different machine that has pulled in,” said the Democrat.
