It shouldn’t be normal for government officials to participate in petty cat fights and name-calling. 

People need to start expecting professionalism and decorum again. 

It’s all too normal for politicians to make personal jabs or mean-spirited comments about their peers and constituents.

President Donald Trump is notorious for his long list of nicknames for those he disagrees with, like “Sloppy Steve” for former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, “Stupid AOC” when referring to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “Big Fat Slob” for Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, and the iconic “Sleepy Joe” used against former President Joe Biden.

When the president spends his time coming up with various nicknames and one-liners to insult people, it’s an issue.

If insulting someone is a punishable offense in some of the most entry-level positions in the workforce, why is it okay for some of the most powerful people in the country to hurl insults at one another like schoolchildren?

No politician should be the internet’s most successful “troll,” especially the man who holds the highest office in the country.

Not to mention congressional hearings are more like a trashy reality show than a meeting of a governmental body. While it may be a bit funny to see the drama unfold, it gets old quickly once reality sets in.

For example, in 2024, then-Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Representative Jasmine Crockett’s false eyelashes were getting in the way of her reading. Later in the hearing, Rep. Crockett asked if it was appropriate to say (in reference to Greene) that someone in the committee had a “bleach-blonde, bad-built, butch body.”

Greene’s words were inappropriate, unprofessional, and uncalled for. There was no reason for her to have made that remark, or for her to have continued to antagonize her peers.

It’s understandable that Rep. Crockett felt the need to defend herself, but doing so in a way that made her do the exact same thing as Greene by commenting on her appearance was immature.

Does Marjorie Taylor Green have a bleach-blonde, bad-built, butch body? That’s not for a member of congress to say. Crockett should have filed a formal complaint against Greene and comments about personal appearance should have never been spoken in that room.

People do ridiculous things all the time, and it’s okay to laugh at it. But the thing is, congressional hearings shouldn’t be funny. A politician shouldn’t “clap back” on social media, and people should stop praising them when they do.

These are serious topics that require serious people to deal with them. Those who run the country should start to act like it.