House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) thought he’d take a cheap shot at President Joe Biden’s age, but quickly got his jibe thrown back in his face by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
The back-and-forth between the two began when Ocasio-Cortez brought up the fact that Republicans have attempted to roll back the number of cockpit training hours required for the licensing of commercial airline pilots.
That led Comer to remark with a shit-eating grin on his face, “I’m amused that the gentlelady is concerned about raising the age regulation that limits the age for pilots when there’s a shortage of pilots, but they’re OK with a president of the United States who’s more than 20 years older than the minimum age.”
Ocasio-Cortez quickly corrected Comer.
“Mr. Chairman, since you’re referring to me it’s not age. It’s training-hour time — the number of hours that an individual’s training, not the age.”
Comer then attempted a comeback, but it fell flat:
“Well, part of the regulation is the age as well.”
Others on Twitter eagerly joined the online excoriating of Comer.
