Pressure Grows on Kevin McCarthy to Cut Marjorie Taylor Greene s Committee Assignments
On 1/29/21 at 5:35 AM EST
Pressure is growing on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to strip Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments after a series of reports about her previous support for conspiracy theories.
Greene, who represents Georgia s 14th congressional district, is currently seated on the House Education and Labor Committee and the House Budget Committee, both chaired by Democrats.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi joined a chorus of criticism on Thursday aimed at Greene and the perceived inaction on the part of GOP leadership to admonish her.
By MARIAM KHAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday that she is concerned about threats against members of Congress and suggested that the “enemy is within the House of Representatives.” Pelosi said that Congress will likely have to pass a bill that provides more money that would go toward member [.]
Jimmy Kimmel Thinks Marjorie Taylor Greene Needs an Education
“If you don’t know who this person is, I wish I didn’t, too,” Kimmel said of the QAnon enthusiast who’s been named to the House Education and Labor Committee.
Jimmy Kimmel told his viewers that Republicans had assigned a QAnon-supporting congresswoman to the House education committee “hoping, I guess, she would get one?”Credit.ABC
Jan. 29, 2021
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Some Republicans have expressed interest in removing her, but fear the political and security climate if they do so, a source familiar with efforts to pass the resolution tells CBS News.