Two of the most notorious far-right Republicans in Congress brought their ongoing feud into public Wednesday with a messy argument on the House floor – where curse words were apparently exchanged.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia apparently called Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado a 'little b***h' in the heated exchange caught on C-SPAN's cameras without audio.
But two sources who witnessed the exchange detailed what was said to the Daily Beast – and said that it all started when Boebert approached Greene about 'statements you made about me publicly.'
Greene was apparently peeved that Boebert also introduced articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden, saying in response to the public feud with Boebert: 'Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.'
Both Greene and Boebert are MAGA sweethearts and are fiercely pro-Trump – they have both rallied and campaigned with the former president.
During the back-and-forth, the presiding representative appeared annoyed as he tried to get the congresswomen to take their talk off the floor.
'Take your conversations to the back,' the presiding lawmaker said. 'Off the floor.'
'Order, please,' he said again, banging the gavel on the desk before resuming with normal business as Greene and Boebert continued their chat without budging.
While C-SPAN doesn't have audio of what the lawmakers on the floor, the talk did not appear friendly. At two separate points, Greene is seen pointing and their facial expressions did not appear light-hearted.
Boebert didn't deny reports of what was said, telling Daily Beast: 'Marjorie is not my enemy. I came here to protect our children and their posterity. Joe Biden and the Democrats are destroying our country. My priorities are to correct their bad policies and save America.'
The two people who witnesses the exchange, as well as a third familiar with it, told Daily Beast that Greene called Boebert a 'b***h,' while another said more specifically that Greene called her 'a little b***h.'
Greene stood up out of her chair on the House floor as the exchange appeared to become increasingly more animated and heated.
'I've donated to you, I've defended you,' Greene said, according to one source that witnessed the back-and-forth. 'But you've been nothing but a little b***h to me.'
'And you copied my articles of impeachment after I asked you to cosponsor them,' she added, to which the Colorado congresswoman dismissed by claiming she hadn't even read the resolution.
Boebert has introduced a fast-tracked impeachment resolution against Biden, which House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has spoken out against. Greene has taken claim to the impeachment push, however, and doesn't like the Boebert is trying to champion the same cause. 'Lauren Boebert never addressed the conference,' Greene said earlier on Wednesday in reference to the Colorado Republican not addressing the GOP conference regarding her fast-track resolution. 'I made it clear to the conference that I have introduced articles of impeachment, literally since Joe Biden's first day in office,' Greene added. 'I have been talking about it with everybody forever.' 'Literally, everyone. Forever, 'til I'm blue in the face. You see me? I'm blue in the face.'
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