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Is there anything more emblematic of the state of the Republican Party in 2023 than two of<\/a> its worst<\/a>\u2014and most prominent\u2014members getting into a fight in a venue expressly designed for people to expel their bowels? We submit there is not, short of Kevin McCarthy<\/strong> and Co. being chauffeured to the Capitol in a literal clown car. And even then, that probably wouldn\u2019t top the symbolism of the former.<\/p>\n Yes, as The Daily Beast reported<\/a> Tuesday, on the first day of Congress this year, representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/strong> and Lauren Boebert,<\/strong> who were on very different sides of the House leadership battle, exchanged fighting words in a bathroom \u201cjust off the House floor.\u201d According to the outlet, the congresswoman from Georgia \u201cwas in a stall and, upon coming out, confronted Boebert about taking money from McCarthy for her reelection and then turning against McCarthy when it came time to vote.\u201d A source familiar with the fight told The Daily Beast that Greene \u201cquestioned Boebert\u2019s loyalty to McCarthy, and after a few words were exchanged, Boebert stormed out.\u201d Another person with knowledge of the situation said Greene asked, \u201cYou were okay taking millions of dollars from McCarthy but you refuse to vote for him for Speaker, Lauren?\u201d At that point, according to the first source, Lauren told her colleague, \u201cDon\u2019t be ugly,\u201d and then \u201cran out like a little schoolgirl.\u201d<\/p>\n In an interview, Representative Debbie Dingell,<\/strong> who was reportedly present for the exchange, \u201cseemed to acknowledge that something happened between Greene and Boebert,\u201d according to reporters Ursula Perano<\/strong> and Zachary Petrizzo,<\/strong> but said she would not talk about it \u201cin any way, shape, or form.\u201d She added, \u201cWhat happens in the ladies room stays in the ladies room.\u201d Neither Boebert nor Greene responded to The Daily Beast\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, it\u2019s not at all difficult to believe that this scene went down exactly as reported, given that the two people involved have repeatedly made it clear they\u2019re more equipped for a bottle-smashing bar brawl over who cut the bathroom line than serious policy making. There\u2019s also the fact that, days prior, Greene basically tweeted exactly what she is alleged to have said to Boebert\u2019s face, writing<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019ve supported and donated to Lauren Boebert. President [Donald<\/strong>] Trump<\/strong> has supported and donated to Lauren Boebert. Kevin McCarthy has supported and donated to Lauren Boebert. She just barely came through by 500 votes. She gladly takes our $$$ but\u2026Lauren refuses to endorse President Trump, she refuses to support Kevin McCarthy, and she childishly threw me under the bus for a cheap sound bite.\u201d (In an interview, Boebert had mocked Greene\u2019s belief in Jewish space lasers<\/a>.) And on January 3, the day of the alleged bathroom brawl, Greene went after the members of the Freedom Caucus, of which Boebert is a member, who\u2019d indicated they would not be voting for McCarthy for Speaker.<\/p>\n McCarthy, of course, would go on to lose the Speaker vote a whopping 14 times before eking out a win, after making major concessions to Boebert et al<\/a>.<\/p>\n Anyway, the saddest thing about all of this is the fact that both of these people have<\/a> actual political power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n