A House Oversight Committee meeting on Thursday, May 16, devolved into chaos following racist remarks made by far-right politician Marjorie Taylor Greene to black Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett.

What should have been a par-for-the-course event quickly became another case of a black woman forced to face racist microaggressions while operating in her professional capacity.

Greene initially said, “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading,” which lit the fuse and caused the House to explode into more than a high school argument.

Democratic members, led by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, immediately demanded that Greene’s words be struck from the record and called for an apology. “That is absolutely unacceptable,” Ocasio-Cortez declared amid the commotion. “How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person?”

Following another back and forth between the two women, Committee Chairman James Comer ruled that Greene’s insult of Crockett did not violate House rules against engaging in “personalities” during debates.

Despite agreeing to strike her comments about Crockett from the record, Greene staunchly refused to apologise. “You will never get an apology out of me,” she asserted.

Crockett rebutted by seeking clarification on the standards of decorum within the committee.

“If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleached blond, bad-built butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?” she asked.

Greene was then given over four minutes to speak with little repercussion, reiterating her refusal to offer an apology.

“I will not apologise for my words, and I will not change them,” said Greene.

The committee eventually returned to the issue at hand, debating whether Garland should be held in contempt of Congress and concluded with a 24-20 vote along party lines in holding Garland in contempt.