Democrats have teed up action to send a resolution to the House floor that would strip Greene of assignments on the House education and budget committees.
It’s only been 30 days since she was sworn in, but Marjorie Taylor Greene is presenting an early test of how the GOP handles fringe members in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidency.
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Mitch McConnell, the top Senate Republican, said on Monday that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s embrace of conspiracy theories was a “cancer” on their party, as House Democrats moved to strip her of committee assignments.
Incendiary comments Ms Greene made, including denying that school shootings took place and expressing support for violence, have emerged in recent days.
Democratic Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz introduced a resolution to remove the newly elected Republican representative from Georgia from her seats on the education and budget committees of the House of Representatives.
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“Loony lies and conspiracy theories are cancer for the Republican Party and our country,” Mr McConnell, the Senate minority leader, said in a statement to reporters.
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