The House voted 230-199 to remove Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) from the Education and Budget committees on Thursday evening. Democrats pushed for Greene’s removal because of numerous past statements and social media posts in support of conspiracy theories, bigotry, and the execution of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.). Greene has expressed skepticism over whether the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred; whether shootings at Sandy Hook elementary school and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School occurred; and stated that the 2018 midterm elections were part of “an Islamic invasion of our government,” with the candidacies of Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.). Greene said she believed school shootings are “real” and “9/11 absolutely happened” in a floor speech on Thursday afternoon. Eleven Republicans voted with Democrats to remove Greene from her committees, including Nicole Malliotaki
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McCarthy’s vulnerability was evident from the start. After years of offensive comments, McCarthy and the Republican Party moved against Iowa Rep. Steve King
Steven (Steve) Arnold KingRep. Gosar denounces white racism after controversial appearanceIn Marjorie Taylor Greene, a glimpse of the futureHouse votes to kick Greene off committees over embrace of conspiracy theoriesMORE in 2019, but only after he became an object of scorn back home. As one GOP aide put it, King won “a lifetime achievement award for awful comments.” The final straw was a New York Times interview in which King said, “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization how did that language become offensive?” McCarthy blocked King from serving on the House Judiciary and Agriculture committees. Iowa voters later finished the job, voting King out of office in a 2020 GOP primary.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene gave a speech before the House debated stripping her of committee assignments.
She said she expressed support for assassinating Democrats because of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Greene also acknowledged that school shootings and the 9/11 terrorist attacks actually happened.
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Thursday that she promoted and expressed support for social-media posts calling for violence against Democrats because of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Print this article Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) departs after a House Republican Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 3, 2021.
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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) walked back some of her controversial past statements on Thursday, but claimed that the media bears the same responsibility as QAnon conspiracy theorists for spreading “lies.”
The House will vote Thursday afternoon on whether to remove Greene from her assignments on the Education and Budget committees. Democrats pushed for the vote because of Greene’s past statements on social media calling the Sandy Hook elementary school and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shootings hoaxes, as well as a videotaped incident in which Greene harassed David Hogg, a survivor of the high school shooting.