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Democrats have seized on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) notorious Facebook comments, aiming to demonize the entire Republican Party and conservative movement. On Wednesday, as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) met with Greene and condemned her comments, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) branded him a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
“McCarthy (Q-CA) Fails to Lead, Hands Keys to Party to Greene,” screamed the headline of Pelosi’s press release.
“After several conversations and literally running away from reporters, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Q-CA) made clear that he is refusing to take action against conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene,” Pelosi alleged. “As a result, the House will continue with a vote to strip Greene of her seat on the esteemed House Committee on Education & Labor and House Committee on Budget. McCarthy’s failure to lead his party effectively hands the keys over to Greene –
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invested hours of effort over the last two weeks in ensuring that Otzma Yehudit, Israel’s most extremist right-wing faction at least, the most extremist faction not actually outlawed on grounds of racism or support for terrorism succeeds in getting elected to the next Knesset.
Betzalel Smotrich’s right-wing Religious Zionism faction has been polling below the 3.25-percent electoral threshold. If Smotrich fails to clear that line, as many as three Knesset seats that would have gone to the pro-Netanyahu right could be lost.
Facing a race that polls suggest may be very close indeed, Netanyahu has looked for ways to bolster Smotrich’s election showing.
CNN’s Chris Cuomo believes Republicans dropped the ball by refusing to vote on censuring Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for the range of wild conspiracy theories she promoted before and after taking office.
No surprise, Fox News Host Sean Hannity believes the exact opposite. He said Greene’s voters had every right to elect her, and thinks Democrats have a double standard when it comes to conspiracy theories touted by their own members.
Fox News host Sean Hannity and CNN’s Chris Cuomo.
(CN) CNN’s Chris Cuomo began Wednesday evening’s broadcast by contrasting the drama among House Republicans on whether to censure two members Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and conspiracy-theorizing newcomer, Marjorie Taylor Greene.