WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell denounced newly elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday, calling the far-right Georgia Republican’s embrace of conspiracy theories and “loony lies” a
Thus far, however, GOP leaders in the House have been reluctant to criticize Trump supporters, like Greene, out of concern that they could alienate the former president s most ardent voters, underscoring a bitter divide over how the out-of-power party should navigate the two years until the next congressional elections.
Greene responded to McConnell late Monday with a broadside on Twitter, suggesting that the real cancer for the Republican Party is weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully. This is why we are losing our country, she wrote.
The real cancer for the Republican Party is weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully.
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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene gestures while wearing a Trump Won face mask as she arrives on the floor of the House to take her oath of office as a newly elected member of the 117th House of Representatives in Washington on Jan. 3. | REUTERS
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Washington – Mitch McConnell, the top Senate Republican, said on Monday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s embrace of conspiracy theories was a “cancer” on their party, as House Democrats moved to strip her of committee assignments.
US election: Democrats move to formally rebuke Marjorie Taylor Greene
2 Feb, 2021 12:12 AM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has a history of embracing conspiracies, making racist remarks, and endorsing violence towards Democrats. Photo / AP
Marjorie Taylor Greene has a history of embracing conspiracies, making racist remarks, and endorsing violence towards Democrats. Photo / AP
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By: Brian Slodysko
Democrats in the US House of Representatives are mounting an effort to formally rebuke Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a newly elected Georgia Republican with a history of making racist remarks, embracing conspiracy theories and endorsing violence directed at Democrats.
Democrats have teed up action Wednesday (US time) to send a resolution to the House floor that would strip Greene of assignments on Congressional committees, if the Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy doesn t do so first.
“It is my hope and expectation that Republicans will do the right thing and hold Rep. Greene accountable, and we will not need to consider this resolution, said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. But we are prepared to do so if necessary.
Some Democrats have called for going further and expelling Greene from the House an unlikely outcome that would require backing from Republicans, since expulsion requires a two-thirds vote. Another option is censure.
Democrats willingness to act against a member of the opposing party underscores their desire to confront far-right politicians, like Greene, who are closely aligned with some of former President Donald Trump’s fringe supporters, including extremist groups that were involved in the violent Capitol insurrection. It also shines a light on the GOP s reluctance to punish Trump supporters in their ranks for fear of alienating some of the former president s most ardent voters.