Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene faced another heated exchange with a fellow congresswoman during a DOGE subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. The Georgia Republican found herself in a verbal battle with Rep. Melanie Stansbury from New Mexico over proper committee procedures.
The confrontation started when Greene made an unscheduled statement about President Donald Trump and veterans. After witness testimony ended, Greene declared that “no one loves veterans more than President Trump” and added that “he’s made that apparent” and “that’s why he’s working for peace right now.”
Stansbury quickly pointed out that Greene was not recognized to speak at that moment. “Madam, it is not your time right now,” Stansbury told the committee chair. This led to Greene repeatedly hitting her gavel while insisting, “I’m the chair of this committee.”
The gavel battle shows ongoing tensions in Congress
The disagreement continued as both representatives argued about parliamentary rules. Stansbury explained to Greene that “that’s not how parliamentary procedure works” and “you can’t just speak anytime you want.” She also told Green,e “that’s not how it works” when the chair kept insisting she had the right to speak whenever she wanted.
JUST NOW: Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks out of turn and has a meltdown when Melanie Stansbury calls her out for it: “You can’t just speak anytime you want, that’s not how it works. You can smash your gavel all day.” pic.twitter.com/CFq0R2EoxY
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Greene kept banging her gavel and telling Stansbury, “You’re not recognized” throughout the exchange. Stansbury responded by saying, “You can smash your gavel all day,” and suggested getting Greene “a Robert’s Rules of Order,” which is a manual that explains how meetings should be run properly.
The back-and-forth continued until Rep. Stephen Lynch from Massachusetts stepped in to help calm things down. He asked Greene to pick the next speaker, and she eventually recognized Rep. Brandon Gill from Texas to ask questions. Lynch acknowledged that Greene was the chair but wanted to move the hearing forward in an orderly way.
This type of confrontation between Greene and Stansbury has happened before. During a House subcommittee hearing in May, Greene hit her gavel dozens of times to try to stop Stansbury from speaking after her time was up. During that earlier incident, Stansbury told Greene, “You can break my eardrums all you want, Madam Chair,” as the gavel banging continued.
