The US House of Representatives has voted 230 to 199 to remove Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene from two committees over past controversial and conspiratorial remarks.
Democrats and 11 Republicans approved the resolution which takes away her assignments on the House Budget Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee.
Representative Greene expressed regret for some of her past comments ahead of the vote.
“I never said any of these things since I have been elected for Congress,” she said.
“These were words of the past and these things do not represent me, they do not represent my district and they do not represent my values.”
Marjorie Taylor Green criticises ‘morons’ who voted to kick her off House committees
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5. Picture: AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Fri, 05 Feb, 2021 - 18:13
Alan Fram and Brian Slodysko, Associated Press
Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene has lashed out at “morons” in both parties who voted to kick her off two committees, a day after the House of Representatives meted out the unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she had earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories.
All but 11 Republicans voted against the Democratic move on Thursday but none rose to defend her lengthy history of outrageous social media posts.
He faces a Senate trial next week for his House impeachment for inciting insurrection after a mob he fuelled with his false narrative of a stolen election attacked the Capitol.
Thursday’s fight also underscored the uproar and political complexities that Ms Greene a master of provoking Democrats, promoting herself and raising campaign money has prompted since becoming a House candidate last year.
She showed no signs of repentance on Friday, tweeting: “I woke up early this morning literally laughing thinking about what a bunch of morons the Democrats (+11) are for giving some one like me free time.”
At a news conference later outside the Capitol, she accused news organisations of “addicting our nation to hate”.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWNY) - The House of Representatives voted 230-199 Thursday night to strip Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia of her committee assignments, effectively limiting Greene’s ability to have influence in congress.
The vote was almost completely on party lines, with only 11 Republicans joining Democrats in moving against Greene, who has backed a variety of wild, untrue conspiracy theories, including doubts about 9/11 and school shootings, and support for executing prominent Democratic politicians.