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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was on the other end of a punchline from Jimmy Kimmel this week after sheoutlandishly labeled the GOP lawmakerswho were supportingKetanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination as “pro-pedophile.”
Calling the Republican congresswoman from Georgia “Klan mom” during his monologue on Tuesday, Kimmel read her tweet targeting Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah before asking, “Where’sWill Smithwhen you really need him, huh?”
The late-night audience laughed at the joke, which riffed on Best Actor winnerSmith slapping Chris Rockin a shocking incident at the Academy Awards last week — but Greene said she found the line threatening, not funny.
Kimmel responded in atweet of his own: “Officer, I’d like to report a joke,” he wrote.
Capitol Police tell PEOPLE, “We cannot confirm or discuss any potential investigation,” in response to a request for comment and to verify whether Greene, who has a history of provocative statements on social media, actually filed a complaint.
Kimmel’s audience weren’t the only ones chuckling at the lawmaker’s “pro-pedophile” remark.
Sen. Collinsliterally laughedwhen asked about it on Tuesday.
“Frankly, this is what we’ve come to expect from her,” Collins said,according to Insider. “So it doesn’t trouble me. It’s obviously ludicrous and typical.”
Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri was the first to deploy the line of questioning during the hearings. Others, including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, followed suit in some of thetenser moments of the proceedings.
Collins, Murkowski and Romney have all expressed their intention to vote in favor of making Judge Jackson, 51, the country’s 116th Supreme Court Justice and the first Black woman to sit on the bench.
A full vote in the Senate to confirm Jackson, PresidentJoe Biden’s first Supreme Court nominee, is expected Thursday afternoon.
source: people.com
