We, the women of America, disavow the Real Housewives of Capitol Hill

Published May 20, 2024 1:35pm ET



Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) likened the catfight that detonated the House Oversight Committee into utter chaos on Thursday to the Jerry Springer Show, but as the war of words between Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spills into a second week, the utter decadence and moral degradation of Bravo’s “Real Housewives” are probably a closer parallel than the blue-collar tabloid talk show.

As we will later explain, all three women are responsible for disgracing the People’s House in the end, but Greene is solely at fault for triggering the whole spectacle. During an otherwise serious Oversight hearing to debate whether Attorney General Merrick Garland ought to be held in contempt, Greene told Crockett, “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.”

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