Democracy Dies in Darkness

What that congressional fight showed us about women

It’s not a “catfight.” It’s just what men have done in Congress — for centuries.

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May 20, 2024 at 7:36 p.m. EDT
Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-Tex.), left, and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), right, were involved in a verbal altercation during a House committee hearing last week. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Looking at it one way, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) may have ingloriously cemented the position of women in Congress as few others have done.

During a markup hearing by the House Oversight Committee last week, Greene decided to take partisan jousting to a greasy low when she picked a fight over a fellow congresswoman’s appearance.