Insults hurled by one politician at another are older than the Republic. The British House of Commons has witnessed many a cutting insult, but almost all of the insults are erudite and steeped in creative language. An insult attributed to Winston Churchill (but likely not his invention) has been repeated in one form or another.
According to legend, Lady Astor told Churchill that, if she were his wife, she would poison his tea. Churchill said in return: Madam, if I were your husband I would take it.
Groucho Marx used a similar insult in a movie. Groucho didn’t “hang” with the same crowd as Churchill, but did attribute that insult to George Bernard Shaw.
Last week during a contempt hearing for Attorney General Merrick Garland, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took a verbal swipe at Rep. Jasmine Felicia Crockett, assuming that she might have trouble reading because her eyelashes…
