Last week, we told you about the chaos that erupted in the middle of the May 16 House Oversight Committee Meeting when Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) gave Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) a double dose of smoke when she tried to come after Crockettβs eyelashes.
To say that clips of Crockett referring to Greeneβs Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body have gone viral would be a major understatement. And while weβve had a few days to process it all, the internet has been doing what it does best β producing some hilarious memes and videos inspired by the moment.
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There are wordsmiths talking about the beautiful alliteration Crockett executed on the spot β without stuttering, I might add. They even have a name (and a challenge) for it β B6:
There are some pointing out comparisons to other Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies:
And of course there are B6 songs and dances:
And dope remixes, like this one:
And if you want some B6 swag to help you remember the day Marjorie Taylor Greene got put in her place in a congressional committee meeting, you can purchase a commemorative t-shirt from the βCrockett Clapback Collection.β Proceeds from every purchase go towards flipping the House blue.
For her part, Rep. Crockett says she has no regrets about what she said, believing she had a right to stand up for herself against one of the biggest bullies in Congress.
βMarjorie Taylor Greene is the kind of person that if you give her an inch, sheβll take a mile,β she told CNNβs Abby Phillip in a May 17 interview βAnd at the end of the day, I was elected as a representative of Congress. But that doesnβt mean that Iβm supposed to be somebodyβs doormat.β
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