Crockett filed a trademark to use the phrase on apparel after making the remark during an exchange with Greene at a House Oversight Committee meeting
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(Left to Right) Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Marjorie Taylor Greene
Rep. Jasmine Crockett wants official ownership of the viral “bleach blonde, bad built, butch body” phrase she used during a clash with Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene in a Congressional committee meeting.
Crockett, a Democrat from Texas, filed a trademark application for the phrase with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Sunday, May 19. She plans to use it for apparel like hats, hoodies, socks, pants, t-shirts and tops, per the filing. The owner’s name is Jasmine for US, which is her branding for her website and professional Instagram and Twitter accounts.
Greene responded to the application, telling Fox News Digital on Monday, May 20, “I’m very happy with myself. I turn 50 on Monday, and I’m so excited that I’m still alive and healthy and have done so much in life.”
“And I think no matter what shape, size or how we look, we need to be ourselves, not telling women the only way to be attractive or accepted is to have fake boobs, fake hair, fake lashes, and injected faces,” Greene, a Republican from Georgia, told Fox News Digital. “I mean, we all wear makeup and do lashes and stuff sometimes, but it’s out of control. Women need a better message for women.”
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett in January 2023
Crockett, 43, made the remark in a chaotic moment at the House Oversight Committee meeting on Thursday, May 16, referencing Greene, who had commented on her appearance moments before.
During the hearing, which was intended to revolve around a resolution over Attorney General Merrick Garland, Greene, 49, asked the committee’s Democrats if they had been “employing Judge Merchan’s daughter” — referring to New York Judge Juan Merchan in Donald Trump’s criminal trial.
Crockett questioned how that was related to Garland, asking Greene, “Do you know what we’re here for?”
Greene quipped, “I don’t think you know what you’re here for. I think your fake eyelashes are messing with your reading.”
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As those in attendance verbally reacted to the comment and called for order, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said it was “absolutely unacceptable” and demanded for it to be removed from the record.
She added, “How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person?”
After a back-and-forth between Ocasio-Cortez, 34, and Greene, Crockett asked for clarification on what’s considered an insult and appeared to toss in a jab of her own.
“I’m just curious, just to better understand your ruling,” she said. “If somebody on this committee starts talking about somebody’s bleach-blonde, bad-built butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?”
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“Uh, what now?” Chairman James Comer asked in response.
Crockett later clarified her statement on X (formerly Twitter), noting in part that Greene “wanted to talk about my appearance in COMMITTEE,” which she said was “against the rules” to do so.
“She refused to apologize! The chairman ruled that it was ok,” Crockett continued. “AND I asked for clarification about what qualifies as ‘engaging in personalities’ & basically wanted to know if I could talk s— about her appearance as… well… y’all know what she looks like, right.”
Greene also shared her thoughts with her followers on X by saying that while some viewers were “upset about the scene,” she herself was “upset and disgusted pretty much everyday” at the Department of Justice, federal government and Congress — claiming that the DOJ wants to “put Pres Trump in jail the rest of his life which is a death sentence!”
“Pardon me if I don’t talk as nicely as some people would like to hear,” Greene wrote. “I’m not going to keep you all addicted to outrage and hopium that never solves a problem or stops the inevitable implosion of the United States of America. I’m completely over it.”
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