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By Sophie Lloyd
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Jimmy Kimmel has debuted some new nicknames for Marjorie Taylor Greene following her heated exchange with Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett.
The comedian interviewed the Democratic congresswoman during Thursday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live! show*.* Crockett went viral in May after suggesting Greene had a "bleach blonde bad-built butch body" during a tense House Oversight Committee session.
A longtime critic of Greene, Kimmel had several suggestions for Crockett to use in future verbal bouts with the Georgia GOP representative, such as calling her a "tank-top tramp-stamp truck stop Tater Tot" or a "Hulk Hogan–headed honey-baked ham on legs."
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Crockett made the remark during a May 16 committee session on whether Attorney General Merrick Garland should be held in contempt of Congress after refusing to hand over audio recordings of Joe Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur in the president's classified documents case.
"I think your fake eyelashes are messing up your reading," Greene told Crockett.
Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York slammed the comment, and Greene responded: "Are your feelings hurt? Aw."
While Democrats requested that Greene's remarks be stricken from the record, Crockett asked committee Chairman James Comer, "If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody's bleach blonde bad-built butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?"
The war of words quickly took over social media and divided views online.
Introducing Crockett on Thursday's show, Kimmel declared, "A star is born."
"Now, that was funny," he told the congresswoman after she'd joined him on the set.
Kimmel began by asking Crockett if there was "anything we didn't see" that sparked the fierce exchange.
"No, it's just that Marjorie is a little slow," she quipped.
Crockett said the hearing was originally scheduled for 11 a.m. However, because Greene had traveled to New York to support Donald Trump during his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court, the committee was forced to wait several hours. The session eventually started at 8 p.m., and tensions were running high.
"She attacked you personally," Kimmel said. "She started it."
"She did," Crockett replied.
Kimmel asked if she came up with the "bleach blonde bad-built butch body" line on that day, and Crockett confirmed that she did.
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"Holy cow," the host replied. "That just came out?"
"Not really," Crockett said. "When you [see clips], it looks like it was really fast, but it wasn't. There was a lot of time of that passed [between comments]."
She continued: "They were supposed to either kick her out or she was supposed to apologize."
Crockett felt that Comer was about to "rule the wrong way," so she took the opportunity to "dress [Greene] from head to toe."
Asked if the Georgia politician is the "dumbest person in the House of Representatives," Crockett said she would be "hard-pressed to find someone dumber."
The pair then moved on to potential nicknames for Greene. Kimmel read out a list of "other possible phrases" Crockett could use against her, should they end up in another argument.
"Hoggy-headed horsehair Hitler-happy hate hobbit," Kimmel began, causing Crockett to burst into laughter.
"QAnon hot pocket gazpacho goblin guinea pig," he continued, followed by "tugboat torso Trump stump two-bit Tonya Harding" and "ding-dong dye job dipstick and lipstick."
"These are all for you," Kimmel told Crockett. "Use them as often as you like."
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