Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may disagree with QAnon conspirator and Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on a number of issues affecting everyday Americans, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t willing to help her fellow congresswoman during a moment of confusion.
On Wednesday, April 19, the New York representative took to her Twitter account where she schooled Greene on the difference between how a Congressional debate is conducted in comparison to the shouting matches she may be used to on podcasts like her own.
In a cheeky little post, Ocasio-Cortez highlighted that the key factor that makes Congressional debates much different from podcasts is that they “actually have rules.”
The comment was in response to a clip of Greene, who was silenced during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing after the right-wing pundit broke House rules by calling Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a “liar” while questioning him on the Joe Biden administration and their border policies.
Ocasio-Cortez noted that those rules were “designed for fairness and prohibit personal attacks.” Greene berated Mayorkas with a series of allegations, including his purported responsibility for fentanyl overdoses among American youth.
Greene continued to violate House rules when she used her time on the floor to boldly accuse Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell of having had “a sexual relationship with a Chinese spy.”
Ocasio-Cortez concluded that perhaps because of this, conservative politicians like Greene and others prefer to “challenge” their colleagues to debates “outside of the House.”
Although New York Democrat Daniel Goldman immediately offered a motion to have Greene’s words “taken down,” the committee’s GOP majority voted to table the motion instead, and Greene was permitted to resume speaking.