WATCH: MTG laughs in listening to after claiming Swalwell had sexual affair with Chinese language spy

A Home listening to meant to debate funding ranges for the Division of Homeland Safety went off the rails Wednesday after a right-wing firebrand member accused a Democrat of getting an affair with a Chinese language spy.

The Home Homeland Safety Committee's listening to with witness Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was targeted on the state of the U.S.-Mexico border and different associated issues when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) pivoted from the subject and joked in regards to the private lifetime of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).

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Swalwell had wrapped up his 5 minutes of questioning Mayorkas with remarks in regards to the want for folks to not escalate how they converse of different ethnic teams, religions, and backgrounds when Chairman Mark Inexperienced (R-TN) provided Greene her likelihood to talk with Mayorkas.

Swalwell had requested Mayorkas about former President Donald Trump's current name for the FBI to be disbanded till political operators on the within may very well be purged. Swalwell additionally pointed to rapper Kanye West's feedback disparaging Jews.

“That was fairly entertaining from somebody that had a sexual relationship with a Chinese language spy, and everybody is aware of it," Greene mentioned and laughed.

"I transfer to take her phrases down," referred to as out a voice on the Democrats' facet of the desk.

"Utterly inappropriate," one other particular person mentioned.

The committee spent the subsequent seven minutes researching whether or not Greene's feedback may very well be stripped from the report on the idea that it was a character assault.

The chairman provided Greene an opportunity to retract her remark, however she declined to take it again.

After a number of minutes, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), longtime committee member and former chairman, spoke out in disgust.

"We have by no means had an accusation product of any member like that, and I am appalled at it," Thompson mentioned. "All of us should be embarrassed at it. We're a greater committee than what the gentlelady is attempting to make of this committee."

Greene then started her questioning of Mayorkas and yelled at him over the deaths of individuals as a consequence of fentanyl.

Mayorkas responded that the DHS was combating the fentanyl epidemic.

"You are a liar," Greene snapped again.

Greene posted to Twitter afterward that it was unfair she was censored for name-calling when Thompson was not censored for utilizing related phrases.

The spy incident unfolded in late 2020 when the federal authorities alleged that Chinese language associates had focused some California lawmakers. Swalwell denied any involvement or wrongdoing.