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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene says she reported Jimmy Kimmel to the Capitol Police Department.
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The report was made about a joke Kimmel made about her, which she called a “threat of violence.”
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Kimmel had asked, “Where’s Will Smith when you really need him?” while criticizing Greene.
On Wednesday, Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted that she reported comedian Jimmy Kimmel to the Capitol Police Department, as if calling one of the host’s jokes about her a “threat of violence.”
Greene did not respond further in her tweet.
A spokesperson for Greene’s office told Insider in a statement that it “takes very seriously all threats of violence against Congresswoman.”
“Last night Jimmy Kimmel called for violence against Congressman Greene. It will not be tolerated,” the statement continued.
On Tuesday, Kimmel had pulled the prank on his “Jimmy Kimmel Live” show. The host mocked Greene for calling three GOP senators — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, and Mitt Romney of Utah — “pro-pedophile” when they declared they would vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson .
“Wow, where’s Will Smith when you really need him, huh?” Kimmel said, in a likely reference to when the Hollywood star hit infamous comedian Chris Rock onstage at this year’s Oscars.
Shortly thereafter, Kimmel Greene and her colleague Rep. Florida’s Matt Gaetz also “scum and scum.”
The Capitol Police recently sought to bolster its response to violent threats against lawmakers on the Hill, in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. In September, Chief J. Thomas Manger told the Associated Press that the force had seen an all-time high of threats against members of Congress in 2021.
It’s not immediately clear whether Kimmel’s comment on Wednesday was considered a violent threat by police. The Capitol Police did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
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