Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) recently criticized Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) by seemingly questioning the authenticity of Crockett’s Black American experience.

During an appearance this week on former Fox News Host Megyn Kelly’s podcast, “The Megyn Kelly Show,” Greene reflected on her well-documented ongoing feud with Crockett by taking several jabs at her Democratic colleague. The Georgia Republican accused Crockett of mistreating her staff, which prompted Kelly to mention a New York Post article published earlier this month that detailed accusations from anonymous sources about Crockett showing “diva” behavior. (Crockett has since shut down the allegations, calling them “lies” and “nonsense.”)

Greene, who is white, then pivoted to a discussion about the “Black American struggle,” sharing her opinion about whether Crockett, who is Black, really understands it.

“She claims to be, you know, from her people. She puts on this image that she understands the Black American struggle,” Greene said. “But let’s face it, the girl went to private school, she went on to … I don’t know what college … and law school — she’s a complete fake.”

“She’s as fake as her eyelashes, she’s as fake as her hair, she’s as fake as her fingernails and she is such a massive fraud,” she continued.

Crockett has since responded to the clip on X, formerly Twitter, though she did not name Greene in her response.

“It is funny that MAGA cultist want to challenge my blackness because of my education… Remember how they challenged Barack Obama & his roots? Remember how they claimed Kamala [Harris] ‘turned’ black,” she said. “Y’all are a joke. Walk a day in my shoes where your white supremacist friends send me hateful emails, death threats, DMs, & posts, and then you can tell me if I’m truly living the black experience in this country, UNTIL then mind your business.”

Crockett then emphasized that being Black has “nothing to do with education.”

Crockett is often the target of right-wing, racist and anti-Black attacks. She’s routinely criticized for the way she speaks and her use of African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Conservatives have made a habit of accusing Crockett of being disingenuous because the way she speaks doesn’t align with their views of how someone who attended private school should speak.

Case in point: In April, Fox News host Laura Ingraham accused Crockett of sounding “very different” in the past. “And now she’s going very … street,” Ingraham said at the time, as she swayed her head side-to-side.

The congresswoman had addressed some of these accusations before.

“I don’t have an ‘accent’ … if anything, it’s Texan, maybe mixed with a little bit of St. Louis,” she said in a TikTok video in March. “And then determining that my ‘accent’ is fake because of the types of schools I went to … seriously, y’all?”

And as it relates to Greene’s recent attacks on Crockett, Portia Allen-Kyle, a civil rights attorney and interim executive director at the racial justice organization Color Of Change, said that Greene “doesn’t understand the reality that Blackness is disrespected in this country no matter how many degrees you hold or how much money you make.”

Allen-Kyle told HuffPost that the Republican congresswoman showed her “own ignorance” during her appearance on Kelly’s podcast.

“She reduces the Black experience to some caricature of poverty and struggle— as if class alone defines Blackness,” she said. “That mindset exposes her bias. Greene thinks struggle is the only stamp of Blackness and she dresses up her ignorance as commentary.”

Furthermore, Allen-Kyle emphasized that Greene’s digs about Crockett’s “fake” eyelashes, nails and hair were examples of macroaggressions — not microaggressions.

“When Greene fixates on a Black woman’s appearance instead of her words, she’s playing an old, racist playbook meant to demean, belittle and distract,” Allen-Kyle said. “Black women’s beauty and choices have always been politicized, and Greene leans right into that racist tradition.”

“It was a macroaggression, rather than a microaggression,” she continued. “When young Black girls think about what a congressperson looks like, Congresswoman Crockett shows Black girls nationwide that they could represent their community someday.”

And there’s a lot more to unpack from Greene’s recent comments about Crockett and her ideas about the so-called “Black American struggle.”

Crockett was “absolutely right” in her response to Greene on X, Allen-Kyle said.

“There’s no amount of education [or] income that allows you to transcend Blackness — it’s made obvious every single day by the racist attacks aimed at us,” she continued. “Crockett’s very presence in Congress, and the fact that she’s constantly targeted, proves the point she made: Racism doesn’t care about your résumé. Anti-Blackness follows us into the boardroom, the courtroom, and even the halls of Congress.”

Deepak Sarma, inaugural distinguished scholar in the public humanities at Case Western Reserve University, said that Greene’s comments about Crockett are “consistent with the MAGA / Trump strategy to invent damaging unconfirmed allegations against prominent Black leaders and to question their intellect and capabilities.”

Sarma said that President Donald Trump and his “MAGA minions” continually malign others for “their nefarious gaslighting and fraudulent purposes.” They likened it to Trump’s attacks on Harris and her capabilities as a public speaker, or about her intelligence.

“In the world of psychology, this is known as a Jungian projection, where one attributes one’s unacceptable character, feelings, and behavior to someone else,” they said.

And by Greene suggesting that Crockett’s success “in a capitalist democracy makes her a fraud or inauthentic,” she’s insinuating that the “real” experience of a Black person is being “impoverished and a failure,” Sarma said.

What’s more, Sarma thinks that conservatives feel discomfort when they hear Crockett speak, or when she uses AAVE because it “contradicts their misguided belief that America is a monoculture, a white Christian monoculture.”

“The feeling that they are being left out and that they are not adept in the language justifies, in their mind, their rage and suspicion,” they said.

Sarma later emphasized that “Trumpisms are already becoming accepted in America” and that these recent incidents directed at Black people, like Greene’s remarks about Crockett, are “slowly becoming more normal.”

Allen-Kyle thinks the right-wing attacks related to Crockett’s private school education are ironic.

“Conservatives trash and defund public schools every chance they get, but they seethe when a Black woman gets a private education. Why? Because it proves what they fear most: that Black women can be smarter, sharper, and more culturally fluent than they’ll ever be,” she said.

“It exposes their real agenda — they don’t want Black people educated, period,” she continued. “They don’t hate Crockett’s accent or her education—they hate that she’s brilliant enough to beat them at both.”

Fox News host Laura Ingraham recently criticized Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Texas) with a common MAGA-esque line of attack that’s often used against women and people of color.

On Friday, Ingraham reposted a video interview that featured Crockett on X, formerly Twitter. The representative had delivered remarks at a press briefing addressing the GOP’s redistricting efforts that same day. “Another reminder that having a law degree doesn’t mean you’re smart,” Ingraham wrote about Crockett on X.

The Fox News host has leveled disparaging remarks about Crockett before. In April, Ingraham and Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo both criticized the Texas Democrat, who’s Black, by spewing racial tropes and stereotypes.

During a segment of “The Ingraham Angle,” Arroyo called Crockett the “Madea of Capitol Hill,” while Ingraham scrutinized the way the congresswoman speaks. She charged that Crockett speaks in a “very different” way than how she did in the past.

“And now she’s going very … street,” Ingraham said at the time, as she swayed her head side-to-side.

Tabitha Bonilla, an associate professor of political science and human development and social policy at Northwestern University, previously told HuffPost in response to that segment of “The Ingraham Angle,” that the labels Arroyo and Ingraham used for Crockett felt “overtly racist.”

“Dog whistles tend to be subtle — you only understand them if you know what to listen for,” she said, emphasizing that their remarks weren’t “subtle references.”

President Donald Trump has a long history of questioning the intelligence of women and people of color. Among the criticisms he’s received for disparaging people of color over their intelligence — and for using phrases like “low IQ” — is the demeaning language he’s used toward Black female journalists. He infamously told CNN’s Abby Phillip during his first term as president that she asked “stupid” questions.

And as it relates to Ingraham’s recent attack on Crockett, Kari J. Winter, a professor of American studies at the University at Buffalo whose expertise includes gender, feminism, race and class, said that the Fox News host “carries water for a president who does not know the difference between an IQ test and a basic cognitive screening for dementia.”

“The way that both of them constantly disparage the intelligence of exceptionally bright, genuinely accomplished people like Jasmine Crockett reveals, I think, a deep insecurity about their own mental capacity,” she said. “Trump in particular demonstrates the wisdom of the adage my grandma told me as a child: ‘When you point a finger, three fingers are pointing back at you.’”

“I’m confident that Crockett easily shrugs off Ingraham’s insults, considering the source,” Winter said. “What is more concerning is the way that Ingraham, Trump and their ilk are aggressively growing a culture of cruelty, conjuring up the ugliest roots of American history.”

“Like a toxic red tide, Trump and right-wing media are deliberately propagating forms of hate and sadism that have deep roots in racism, xenophobia and misogyny,” she continued.

Winter emphasized that history is proof that a political leader can “feed an appetite for cruelty,” and that it can “grow and spread to the point where no one is safe.”

“An addiction to hate is arguably the most contagious and deadly of all human diseases. No one is safe when a society celebrates violence,” she said.

Crockett is often the target of right-wing, racist and anti-Black attacks online. She’s often ridiculed for the way she speaks and her use of African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Last month, comments she made about first lady Melania Trump’s immigration history during a hearing on Capitol Hill spurred racist attacks on social media, with some X users calling her “ghetto trash,” among other derogatory statements.

Ingraham’s recent tweet about Crockett’s intelligence spurred similar disturbing responses. Winter said that Ingraham and “other rage machines” are “masters of clickbait.”

“They are determined to mesmerize their audience with nonstop spectacles of insults, cruelties and jeers,” she said.

Fox News host Jesse Watters recently made a perplexing quip about Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s (D-Texas) personal life.

During a segment of “The Five” on Thursday night, panelist Emily Compagno complained that Crockett had criticized the Trump administration’s immigration policies and its dehumanizing rhetoric surrounding immigrants during a hearing on Capitol Hill the day prior.

Watters then jumped in and attempted to take a swipe at the Democratic representative, claiming that he “researched” her and learned about her dating life.

“She’s single, she’s 43, she’s never been married,” he said about his findings on Crockett, who’s 44.

“I’m trying to figure out what makes her tick. I think I can set her up with someone. I know a guy in D.C. — he’s white, hopefully that’s not a problem — but he will make her happy,” he scoffed. “And maybe then she will not hate everybody else besides herself so much.”

“And it would be my pleasure to do it,” he added.

Watters was slammed on X, formerly Twitter, for making the misogynistic quip about Crockett, suggesting that her, or any woman’s happiness, depends on marriage. Not to mention, Crockett’s personal dating life is, of course, none of his business.

Kari J. Winter, a professor of American studies at the University at Buffalo whose expertise includes gender, feminism, race and class, said that Watters targeting Crockett — who often faces racist and anti-Black attacks online — just proves one thing about a lot of her critics:

″[They] target her with racist, misogynistic hate speech not only because they embrace sexist white supremacist values, but also because they are desperate to avoid responding to her points and policies,” she said.

“Trump’s anti-immigrant actions are illegal and unconscionable. What can his sycophants say? They have nothing. Therefore, they are 100% focused on riling up rather than informing their audience,” Winter said. “They throw out every vile, outrageous insult they can think of in order to steal our attention away from the Trump administration’s alarming, illegal, democracy-undermining actions.”

Winter added that Crockett is “whip-smart, courageous and eloquent” and that the congresswoman “understands that a just legal system is the foundation of democracy.”

Monica Cwynar, a licensed clinical social worker with Thriveworks, who specializes in trauma and coping skills, said that as a Black therapist, she believes “personal attacks, especially against women of color like Congresswoman Crockett, detract from the real issues at hand and reflect entrenched sexism and racism in our public discourse.”

“Such remarks are not only unproductive but also deeply harmful, as they overshadow important policy discussions and contribute to a culture where personal denigration is prioritized over substantive critique,” she continued.

Cwynar said that comments like Watters’ work to diminish “the voices of women in politics” and reinforce “damaging stereotypes.”

And even if Watters made the remark about Crockett in jest, making those types of comments about a woman’s relationship status — especially in a public forum — “reinforces harmful societal norms” and “perpetuates a misogynistic narrative that suggests [a woman’s] worth is tied to having a man in their lives,” Cwynar said.

In general, negative remarks about women being single can “lead to emotional harm, instilling feelings of inadequacy and shame,” she later noted, adding that “society often imposes expectations that equate a woman’s success with marriage and motherhood, which can significantly diminish her sense of self-worth and autonomy.”

Speaking about Watters’ dig at Crockett on “The Five” specifically, Cwynar said that his commentary “undermines the diverse ways women can lead fulfilling lives.”

Winter believes this is all part of Watters’ plan.

“Jesse Watters is a merchant of outrage whose career as a commentator is based on grabbing our attention by spewing shocking, hateful speech,” she said. “I’m guessing that he searches for racist, sexist stereotypes so that he has an easy stockpile to trot out day after day.”

“Perhaps the only way for people to escape from the right-wing cesspool of hate is to turn our backs and walk away,” she added. “We need to choose to focus our attention on the people, issues and work that we truly care about.”