ALMOST UNTHINKABLE: Jasmine Crockett Fires Back At Marjorie Taylor Greene And Chaos Erupts

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16 May 202409:40

Summary

TLDRThe video script captures a chaotic and heated exchange during a committee meeting. Tensions rise as members argue over procedural rules, with one member accused of making personal remarks about another's intelligence. The chair struggles to maintain order, leading to a motion to strike offensive words and a subsequent objection. Amidst the confusion and shouting, the committee decides to suspend for five minutes to resolve parliamentary questions, highlighting the discord and lack of decorum in the proceedings.

Takeaways

  • 🗳️ A vote was conducted with 21 in favor, 19 against, and one member voting 'present'.
  • 💡 Miss Green was recognized to speak for four minutes and 21 seconds.
  • 🤔 Miss Crockett asked for clarification on the rules regarding personal remarks.
  • 🚫 A motion was made to strike words from the record due to personal attacks.
  • 🔍 There was confusion about the exact words that needed to be struck from the record.
  • 📢 There were several interruptions and outbursts during the proceedings.
  • 🔊 Miss Green mentioned her difficulty in hearing due to being deaf.
  • 🚫 The chair ruled to strike the words where Miss Green insulted Miss Ocasio-Cortez's intelligence.
  • 🤝 An objection was raised against the chair's ruling.
  • 🕒 A motion was made to recess to a time certain the following day to continue the discussion.
  • 👥 There were concerns raised about non-committee members participating in the hearing.

Q & A

  • What was the outcome of the initial vote mentioned in the transcript?

    -The initial vote resulted in 21 eyes (yeas) and 19 nays, with one person voting present.

  • Who is recognized to speak after the initial vote?

    -Miss Green is recognized to speak for four minutes and 21 seconds.

  • What is Miss Crockett's point of order regarding personal remarks?

    -Miss Crockett is inquiring if discussing someone's bleached, blind, bad, built body would be considered engaging in personalities, which is typically not allowed.

  • What motion is made by the chairman regarding the personal remarks made?

    -The chairman makes a motion to strike the words from the record, suggesting that the personal remarks made were inappropriate.

  • What is the confusion regarding the motion to strike words from the record?

    -There is confusion about which set of remarks should be struck from the record—the first or second set made by Miss Green.

  • Why is Miss Green not recognized to speak at one point during the transcript?

    -Miss Green is not recognized to speak because of the rules of the committee, which were violated by her personal remarks.

  • What is the issue with Miss Green's hearing ability mentioned in the transcript?

    -Miss Green mentions that she is very deaf and is having difficulty understanding everyone's yelling during the hearing.

  • What is the final decision regarding Miss Green's remarks about Miss Ocasio-Cortez's intelligence?

    -The chair rules to strike the words where Miss Green said Miss Ocasio-Cortez lacked intelligence from the record.

  • What is the consequence for Miss Green after her words are stricken from the record?

    -It is suggested that Miss Green cannot speak in the hearing for the rest of the session due to the stricken words.

  • What action is taken to address the escalating situation and parliamentary questions in the hearing?

    -The committee decides to suspend for five minutes to allow staff to work out the parliamentary questions.

  • What is the final action suggested to be taken by the chairman to conclude the hearing session?

    -The chairman suggests adjourning the hearing session, and there is also a motion to adjourn mentioned by a member.

Outlines

00:00

🗣️ Heated Committee Exchange

In a tense legislative committee meeting, a vote is taken with a close result of 21 in favor and 19 against, with one member voting present. Miss Green is recognized to speak for four minutes and 21 seconds. A point of order is raised by Miss Crockett, questioning the chair's ruling on inappropriate personal remarks. Amidst the chaos, a motion is made to strike certain words from the record, leading to further debate and confusion. The chair attempts to maintain order, but the situation escalates with members yelling and challenging each other's remarks. The meeting is temporarily suspended to address parliamentary questions and to allow members to take a break.

05:59

📝 Parliamentary Confusion and Adjournment

The committee reconvenes with the chair ruling to strike Miss Green's words where she allegedly insulted Miss Ocasio-Cortez's intelligence. There is confusion over the exact wording and the procedure to strike the words. The chair asserts that Miss Green cannot speak for the rest of the session due to the rules of the committee. The meeting becomes more disorderly with personal remarks about members' bodies and other unrelated comments. The chair calls for a motion to adjourn, and there are suggestions to address the long hours and the behavior of members. The meeting is suspended for five minutes to resolve parliamentary issues, with an apology to the viewers at home for the disruption.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Chair

The 'chair' in the context of this transcript refers to the person presiding over a committee meeting or hearing. The chair has the authority to recognize speakers, maintain order, and make rulings on procedural matters. In the video, the chair is seen making decisions such as striking words from the record and recognizing members to speak, which is central to the governance and flow of the meeting.

💡Motion

A 'motion' is a proposal made by a member of a legislative or committee body to take a specific action. In the transcript, several motions are made, such as to 'strike' certain words from the record or to 'adjourn' the meeting. These motions are a key part of parliamentary procedure, driving the progression of the meeting and the decisions made within it.

💡Strike

'Strike' in parliamentary language means to remove or delete something from the official record of proceedings. In the video, there is a motion to 'strike' words spoken by Miss Green, which implies that her comments are to be officially disregarded and removed from the transcript of the meeting.

💡Personal Remarks

Personal remarks are comments directed at an individual's personal characteristics rather than their position or argument. In the script, there is a concern raised about engaging in 'personalities', which refers to making personal attacks, and this is seen as inappropriate behavior within the committee.

💡Adjourn

To 'adjourn' means to end a meeting or session, often temporarily. In the transcript, there is a suggestion to 'adjourn', indicating a desire to pause the current proceedings, which may be due to the heated or unproductive nature of the discussion.

💡Point of Order

A 'point of order' is a member's claim that a breach of parliamentary procedure has occurred, which requires the chair's intervention. In the video, a member raises a point of order to seek clarification on the chair's ruling, which is a mechanism to ensure that the meeting is conducted according to established rules.

💡Recognition

In a committee setting, 'recognition' by the chair is necessary before a member can speak. The chair controls who is allowed to speak and when, as seen in the transcript when the chair recognizes Miss Green for a specific duration to speak.

💡Parliamentary Questions

Parliamentary questions refer to inquiries about the rules and procedures of a legislative body. In the script, there is mention of 'suspending' the meeting for five minutes while staff work out 'parliamentary questions', indicating a need to resolve procedural issues before continuing.

💡Yeas and Nays

'Yeas and Nays' is a voting method where members vocally state their vote for or against a proposal. The transcript begins with a tally of 'yeas' and 'nays', which is a common way to determine the outcome of a vote in a committee or legislative setting.

💡Unanimous Consent

Unanimous consent means that all members of a legislative body must agree to a particular action or decision. In the video, there is a mention of needing unanimous consent to allow a member to speak, highlighting the requirement for full agreement in certain procedural actions.

💡Deaf

In the transcript, a member mentions being 'deaf', which refers to having a significant hearing impairment. This context shows the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities in a hearing environment and the need for accommodations to ensure equal participation.

Highlights

The vote resulted in 21 eyes and 19 nays, with one voting present.

Miss Green was recognized to speak for 4 minutes and 21 seconds.

A motion was made to strike certain words from the record.

Miss Crockett asked for clarification on whether discussing someone's physical appearance would be considered engaging in personalities.

A motion was made to strike Miss Green's words for the second set of remarks, not the first.

Miss Green asserted that Miss Ocasio-Cortez lacked intelligence, which was objected to.

The chair ruled to strike the words where Miss Green said Miss Ocasio-Cortez was not intelligent.

There was confusion about whether the words were to be taken down or stricken from the record.

Miss Green was not permitted to speak for the rest of the session after her words were stricken.

A motion was made to adjourn the hearing.

The committee decided to suspend for 5 minutes to allow staff to work out parliamentary questions.

Members not on the committee were observed sitting in the hearing room.

Some members were seen drinking inside the hearing room.

Miss Green mentioned that she is very deaf and having difficulty understanding everyone yelling.

Miss Green objected to the chair's ruling to strike her words from the record.

There was a point of order raised to recess the committee until a time certain the next day.

A motion was made to strike additional remarks about Marjorie's body.

The chair called for compliance with the quorum and order to be restored.

Transcripts

00:15

Mr chairman on this vote the eyes are 21

00:18

the Nays are 19 with one voting present

00:20

all right motion

00:22

table now the chair recognizes Miss

00:25

green for four minutes and 21 seconds Mr

00:28

chair point of order

00:32

who's who's it's me Miss Crockett I'm

00:34

just curious just to better understand

00:36

your ruling if someone on this committee

00:39

then starts talking about somebody's

00:41

bleach blind bad built Butch body that

00:44

would not be engaging in personalities

00:46

correct a what

00:48

now chairman I make I make a motion to

00:52

strike those words I I don't think

00:53

that's a I'm trying to find

00:55

clarification on what

00:57

quality no idea what you just said we're

01:00

not going to we're not going to do this

01:01

look you guys earlier literally

01:05

justed did it

01:08

first I'm trying to get clarification

01:11

look it calm down calm down no no no no

01:13

because this is what yall do proed I'm

01:16

trying you're not recognized hear you

01:18

with your yelling calm down please calm

01:21

down don't tell me to calm down because

01:23

y'all talk Cal down and you out of

01:25

control if come talk

01:28

chairman Mr chairman chair Okay

01:33

order chair now recognizes this screen

01:36

for for four minutes and 21 seconds four

01:39

minutes let Miss screen top and then you

01:41

all can I'll recognize I I moved to

01:43

strike her words for a second time based

01:45

on her second set of personal remarks

01:47

attacking another

01:49

member who chairman because you all

01:52

cannot see have Amendment appli the

01:54

rules of the committee we have to do

01:56

this every time I'm recognized I'm I'm

02:00

going to go ahead start talking look I I

02:02

know I know look I don't know if you've

02:04

noticed it I have two here in AIDS I'm

02:06

very deaf I'm not understanding

02:09

everybody's yelling I'm doing the best I

02:11

can can we not recognize Miss green and

02:14

let her we cannot because of the rules

02:15

of the committee Mr chair that is that

02:18

is what I'm trying to communicate in the

02:19

present moment we have a mo okay what's

02:21

the mo what's the the motion is to

02:23

strike the gentle ladyes words for the

02:27

second set of remarks not the first the

02:29

second

02:31

she has no idea I think Mr chairman I'm

02:34

the only one recognized right now we

02:37

objected at the time will the the will

02:39

the member State the word she wishes

02:41

struck she told me or she she asserted

02:45

that I was not intelligent these are the

02:48

specific words like we can have it read

02:50

by the clerk it it was made immediately

02:53

and it was made immediately I am not

02:54

moving now think it was was made

02:56

immediately both by the and by me Mr was

02:59

made immediately made immediately both

03:01

by the return to us she said you don't

03:03

have the intelligence to talk to me is

03:05

what she

03:08

said the chair

03:10

recognizes Miss green for four minutes

03:13

and 21 seconds Mr chair what is Happ the

03:15

r i object to the ruling now we must

03:17

object I mean if you want to take it

03:21

up move on yeah

03:32

we should just

03:54

adjourn hey I'm just glad that these

03:57

chairs are too big to throw

04:00

this is this is not oured Mr chairman a

04:03

point of

04:06

order Mr

04:15

chairman Mr chairman on a point of

04:21

order

04:25

yeah to a Time certain tomorrow to a

04:29

Time certain tomorrow that way we'll

04:31

take this up

04:35

again motion to

04:45

recess how do you feel about my moving

04:47

to a Jour

04:58

okay e

05:59

just to take the no I'm going to I'm

06:00

going to rule the St door okay

06:03

okay we got we got it we got it all

06:05

right okay all right back in order the

06:08

committee will come back to

06:10

order

06:12

uh the chair rules to strike the

06:16

words that Miss green said where she

06:19

said that Miss acasio Cortez was

06:23

not said she lacked the intelligence to

06:25

speak to her when in

06:27

fact is a brilliant m

06:30

anything on me no we should be on the

06:32

record with what was we Strack the words

06:35

that she said you're not

06:36

intelligent that are we good on that no

06:39

no the words have been struck to take

06:42

the words

06:43

downman you're out of order listen Mr

06:46

chairman her motion was to take her

06:47

words down not to strike the

06:50

words it was to strike the words that's

06:53

what m Ocasio Cortez

06:55

asked which is to take them down is

06:58

there's no such which is to take them

06:59

down which is to take which is to take

07:01

them down they've been taken down all

07:03

right then that means that M green has

07:04

to leave the committee Mr Goldman you're

07:06

out of order now I want

07:09

everyone to comp to Let's comply with

07:13

the Quorum the chair recognizes Mr

07:16

chairman her words were taken down no

07:19

her words were taken down that means she

07:20

cannot speak the chair recognizes her

07:22

words are stricken she cannot speak in

07:25

this hearing talk to your

07:27

parliamentarian she has to get out

07:35

without a motion under unanimous consent

07:38

the gentle lady is not permitted to

07:39

speak for the rest of this

07:47

session and we're happy to revive our

07:49

motion to adjourn Mr

07:54

chairman I think these 17 hour days

07:56

might not work for us

07:59

something about working

08:01

huh yeah maybe showing up for a

08:05

vote you have a lot to say being that

08:07

you're on retainer for the judge's

08:09

daughter sorry trust Funk Mr

08:13

chairman we should strike those roads

08:15

too I hope you brought your popcorn mrri

08:18

after we strike the fact that they

08:20

called Mar they were making comments

08:22

about marjorie's body so we can do long

08:24

but I have a mtion Mr chairman this is

08:26

out of control we we should we should

08:27

adjourn Mr chairman motion at the desk

08:30

Mr chairman I think my body is pretty

08:33

good I'm going to be 50 this month I am

08:36

I turned 50 Mr chairman M pretty good Mr

08:39

Mr chairman thank you m Mr chairman

08:43

thank you I appreciate that we have some

08:45

members in the room who are drinking

08:47

inside the hearing room who are not

08:48

members of this hearing Mr chairman Mr

08:52

chairman we have members who are not on

08:55

this committee sitting in the hearing we

08:57

have members talking who haven't been

08:58

recognized Mr chairman man point of

09:01

[Laughter]

09:04

inquiry Mr chairman Point Democrats are

09:06

against uh Mr chairman point of inquiry

09:10

yeah Mr chairman we're going to suspend

09:13

we're going to suspend for five minutes

09:15

while our staffs work the Parliamentary

09:17

questions out so this committee has

09:20

spended for five minutes it' be a good

09:22

time for everyone to go out and take a

09:24

break we apologize to the American back

09:26

home would be Comm will reconvene in 5

09:28

minutes we are that we're not

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