February 3, 2021 8:22 a.m.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) met with QAnon-promoting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Tuesday night, finally relenting to growing pressure for GOP leadership to address the conspiracy-laden mess kicked up by the freshman lawmaker that has quickly spiraled out of control.
Following criticism for a failure to take swift action, McCarthy’s nearly two hour meeting with the conspiracy theorist GOP lawmaker waded through a history of incendiary remarks and falsehoods that have been sharply criticized by Democrats and some Republicans who have pushed for her removal from House committees.
According to Politico, McCarthy offered Greene a handful of options to remedy the future embarrassment of GOP that included denouncing QAnon and delivering a public apology for espousing harmful conspiracy theories and endorsing violence against Democrats. Alternatively, Greene could opt to remove herself from the panel to spare her
Ocasio-Cortez reveals harrowing details of fascist assault on January 6: “I thought I was going to die”
Late Monday night, during an hour and half livestream on Instagram, New York Democratic Representative Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez gave a harrowing account of the January 6 fascist assault on the US Capitol.
Describing the view from her office on January 6, Ocasio-Cortez recalled “hearing the yells of these people.and it just feels like it’s a matter of seconds when these doors are going to break through and they’re going to get in,” she said.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., center, arrives for an event with Rep.-elect Cori Bush, D-Mo., right, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The decisions over Greene and Cheney have subjected the GOP to a politically agonizing test of its direction as it moves beyond the Trump presidency. Since Trump grudgingly vacated the White House last month, the party has been ideologically adrift as it’s struggled over whether to embrace his norm-busting divisiveness or the party’s more traditional, policy-oriented conservative values.
But as Wednesday s internal showdowns concluded, McCarthy and the House GOP decided against punishing two of their most high-profile women, whose views enrage opposite ends of the party s spectrum. The moves were typical of McCarthy s preference to avoid ruffling feathers as he charts his path to someday becoming House speaker.
House Democrats advance measure to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees By Melissa Quinn House GOP uniting amid public rifts
Washington House Democrats are moving forward on a resolution to strip freshman GOP Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia of her committee assignments due to her embrace of conspiracy theories and apparent support for violence against Democrats before she was a member of Congress.
The House Rules Committee voted to advance the resolution on Wednesday, paving the way for a final vote in the full House on Thursday. The measure, put forth by Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, calls for Greene to be removed from the House Budget Committee and the Education and Labor Committee in light of conduct she has exhibited.