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Republicans remain mostly quiet on Marjorie Taylor Greene
Posted on 1/30/21 at 8:53 am
Posted on 1/30/21 at 8:53 am
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Congressional Republicans have a real dilemma on their hands: What to do about Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Less than a month after being sworn into office, the ultra-right, conspiracy-spouting congresswoman from northwest Georgia has turned what should have been a GOP celebration over congressional gains in the Nov. 3 election into how to address the unapologetically outspoken freshman's past controversial remarks.
Do they formally reprimand her or strip her of committee assignments – as they did two years ago with Steve King of Iowa after he made comments about white nationalism. Or do they continue to stay silent on the controversy – hoping it dies down. Either choice risks alienating parts of their caucus.
It's a conundrum for top House GOP members, particularly Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who plans to meet with Greene next week.
Despite some initial reservations, Republican leaders helped Greene win the seat she holds and, this week, rewarded her with an appointment to the House Education and Labor Committee. At the same time, McCarthy, through a spokesman, indicated his displeasure with Greene following newly unearthed social media posts before she came to Congress, but he and other Republican leaders have largely remained silent on the worsening controversy over Greene's past remarks and conduct.
CNN recently published an in-depth look at Greene's Facebook before she ran for office, finding she "liked" a comment in January 2019 that said Pelosi should be taken out with a "bullet to the head." In a video around that time, Greene said Pelosi was "a traitor to our country, she's guilty of treason," saying it was "a crime punishable by death."
Democrats were already upset about her previously known support of the QAnon conspiracy movement, the far-right fringe movement that baselessly claims a "deep-state" cabal of pedophiles tried to bring down then-President Donald Trump.
But the latest revelations as well as her insistent claims – without merit – that Trump won the presidential election even after his supporters stormed the Capitol have prompted calls by Democrats for Green's censure and even expulsion. That only intensified after her appointment to the education panel given the revelation in social media posts that she viewed shooting massacres at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut (2012) and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas in Florida (2018) as staged events designed to help Democrats promote gun control.
"This woman should be on a watch list. Not in Congress," Hillary Clinton tweeted.
But it's Republicans, so far mostly silent, who will decide Greene's fate in the House.
On Friday, Greene remained resolute in the face of increasing criticism and even offered a warning to her fellow conservatives.
"I will never back down. I will never give up. Because I am one of you. And I will always represent you," she said in a statement posted to her nearly 300,000 Twitter followers. "If Republicans cower to the mob, and let Democrats and the Fake News media take me out, they're opening the door to come after every single Republican until there's none left."
Denver Riggleman, a former Virginia congressman, doesn't expect she'll pay much of a price given the party's continued loyalty to Trump and the anger many GOP voters feel over an election they falsely believe was stolen from him – and them.
"She's a conduit to what some people are still believing on stop the steal," Riggleman, a former Air Force officer and National Security Agency contractor who writes about extreme belief systems in his new book "Bigfoot ... It's complicated," told MSNBC Friday. "I really did think we had some time where we could purge this out of the system or out of the GOP completely, but right now you're seeing a really quiet rage, almost a double down on some of these 'stop the steal' conspiracy theories."
McCarthy's predicament has evoked comparisons to his handling of King, the long-time Iowa Republican House member who was stripped of his committee assignments in 2019 following statements he made about white nationalism and white supremacy. King had been rebuked previously as well for making other statements deemed racially insensitive.
“His comments call into question whether he will treat all Americans equally, without regard for race and ethnicity," McCarthy said in a statement explaining the decision to punish King. "House Republicans are clear: We are all in this together, as fellow citizens equal before God and the law."
Congressional Republicans have a real dilemma on their hands: What to do about Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Less than a month after being sworn into office, the ultra-right, conspiracy-spouting congresswoman from northwest Georgia has turned what should have been a GOP celebration over congressional gains in the Nov. 3 election into how to address the unapologetically outspoken freshman's past controversial remarks.
Do they formally reprimand her or strip her of committee assignments – as they did two years ago with Steve King of Iowa after he made comments about white nationalism. Or do they continue to stay silent on the controversy – hoping it dies down. Either choice risks alienating parts of their caucus.
It's a conundrum for top House GOP members, particularly Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who plans to meet with Greene next week.
Despite some initial reservations, Republican leaders helped Greene win the seat she holds and, this week, rewarded her with an appointment to the House Education and Labor Committee. At the same time, McCarthy, through a spokesman, indicated his displeasure with Greene following newly unearthed social media posts before she came to Congress, but he and other Republican leaders have largely remained silent on the worsening controversy over Greene's past remarks and conduct.
CNN recently published an in-depth look at Greene's Facebook before she ran for office, finding she "liked" a comment in January 2019 that said Pelosi should be taken out with a "bullet to the head." In a video around that time, Greene said Pelosi was "a traitor to our country, she's guilty of treason," saying it was "a crime punishable by death."
Democrats were already upset about her previously known support of the QAnon conspiracy movement, the far-right fringe movement that baselessly claims a "deep-state" cabal of pedophiles tried to bring down then-President Donald Trump.
But the latest revelations as well as her insistent claims – without merit – that Trump won the presidential election even after his supporters stormed the Capitol have prompted calls by Democrats for Green's censure and even expulsion. That only intensified after her appointment to the education panel given the revelation in social media posts that she viewed shooting massacres at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut (2012) and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas in Florida (2018) as staged events designed to help Democrats promote gun control.
"This woman should be on a watch list. Not in Congress," Hillary Clinton tweeted.
But it's Republicans, so far mostly silent, who will decide Greene's fate in the House.
On Friday, Greene remained resolute in the face of increasing criticism and even offered a warning to her fellow conservatives.
"I will never back down. I will never give up. Because I am one of you. And I will always represent you," she said in a statement posted to her nearly 300,000 Twitter followers. "If Republicans cower to the mob, and let Democrats and the Fake News media take me out, they're opening the door to come after every single Republican until there's none left."
Denver Riggleman, a former Virginia congressman, doesn't expect she'll pay much of a price given the party's continued loyalty to Trump and the anger many GOP voters feel over an election they falsely believe was stolen from him – and them.
"She's a conduit to what some people are still believing on stop the steal," Riggleman, a former Air Force officer and National Security Agency contractor who writes about extreme belief systems in his new book "Bigfoot ... It's complicated," told MSNBC Friday. "I really did think we had some time where we could purge this out of the system or out of the GOP completely, but right now you're seeing a really quiet rage, almost a double down on some of these 'stop the steal' conspiracy theories."
McCarthy's predicament has evoked comparisons to his handling of King, the long-time Iowa Republican House member who was stripped of his committee assignments in 2019 following statements he made about white nationalism and white supremacy. King had been rebuked previously as well for making other statements deemed racially insensitive.
“His comments call into question whether he will treat all Americans equally, without regard for race and ethnicity," McCarthy said in a statement explaining the decision to punish King. "House Republicans are clear: We are all in this together, as fellow citizens equal before God and the law."
Posted on 1/30/21 at 8:54 am to DeltaTigerDelta
If she draws the ire of Hilldawg, she’s doing something right.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 8:55 am to DeltaTigerDelta
This is the time that Republican Party leadership is required. The lack of leadership during trying times will result in collapse of the Republican Party.
After witnessing events since the election, perhaps that is necessary.
Leadership should support Greene.
After witnessing events since the election, perhaps that is necessary.
Leadership should support Greene.
This post was edited on 1/30/21 at 8:57 am
Posted on 1/30/21 at 8:55 am to DeltaTigerDelta
She's not the problem the republican party is. The question isn't what are they gonna do about her it's what are we going to do about them?
Posted on 1/30/21 at 8:55 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Republicans could learn a lot from her about how to stick to your guns and not capitulate to Democrats (aka terrorists).
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:00 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Because Republicans, like most politicians by and large, are cowards, they will abandon her with a swiftness when the kitchen gets too hot.
Belonging to a party is pretty lame. It’s not LSU/ALA, it’s a political vote. Vote for those who most closely align to your needs and philosophy...
Belonging to a party is pretty lame. It’s not LSU/ALA, it’s a political vote. Vote for those who most closely align to your needs and philosophy...
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:04 am to DeltaTigerDelta
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Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who plans to meet with Greene next week
This is the meeting where she'll be told from leadership that "we all like to be on the same page". GOP in Congress does not have room for those that want to rock the boat. This is probably her last chance to start walking the line or GOP "leaders" will start to shut her down.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:06 am to DeltaTigerDelta
She’s correct. What’s the problem?
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:08 am to DeltaTigerDelta
This is the problem with political parties.
A politician cannot hold an opinion without being set upon by party leadership.
Even the word independent has been usurped by a political party.
A politician cannot hold an opinion without being set upon by party leadership.
Even the word independent has been usurped by a political party.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:11 am to DeltaTigerDelta
"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."
I admire her courage in calling out evil. Funny how some can't see the evil in our government, or choose to ignore it because they're afraid. Too many are afraid of the cancel culture, but we are called to confront evil where we find it. Bottom line, she was elected by the majority of the voters in her district; that's the only people she need concern herself with.
There many who feel the same. Efforts by establishment Republicans to discredit or silence the 75 million Trump voters will be the destruction of the party.
The reverse is also true. If establishment Democrats think they can keep the progressive wing, whose votes they used to defeat Trump pacified, they are sadly mistaken.
Political turmoil on the horizon.
I admire her courage in calling out evil. Funny how some can't see the evil in our government, or choose to ignore it because they're afraid. Too many are afraid of the cancel culture, but we are called to confront evil where we find it. Bottom line, she was elected by the majority of the voters in her district; that's the only people she need concern herself with.
There many who feel the same. Efforts by establishment Republicans to discredit or silence the 75 million Trump voters will be the destruction of the party.
The reverse is also true. If establishment Democrats think they can keep the progressive wing, whose votes they used to defeat Trump pacified, they are sadly mistaken.
Political turmoil on the horizon.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:13 am to DeltaTigerDelta
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"This woman should be on a watch list. Not in Congress," Hillary Clinton tweeted.
I honestly stopped reading right here
The fact that the left thinks this is acceptable is insane. America is great at creating terrorists and this is exactly how you do it. They will bring their own boogeyman to life if they start putting Americans on watchlists.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:14 am to EKG
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politician cannot hold an opinion without being set upon by party leadership
Except NOBODY in the Democratic party is going after those lunatics like AOC and the rest of the squad.
This post was edited on 1/30/21 at 9:15 am
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:16 am to EKG
Yep. The minute they are elected they are required to start raising money for the caucus and do things in line with the caucus, with no regard for those who elected them. If they can raise big money for the caucus then they may be given some leeway. Both major party's play this way.
This post was edited on 1/30/21 at 9:18 am
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:17 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Republicans still think being a politician is about being smart? It ain’t.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:19 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Now that they are in control, I guess Democrats hate democracy again.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:19 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Her critics have all thought and privately said the same kinds of things.
She just put it out there.
It only means she is human, like eveybody else.
She just put it out there.
It only means she is human, like eveybody else.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:19 am to DeltaTigerDelta
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If she draws the ire of Hilldawg, she’s doing something right.
This is the reverse barometer I've always used. If the left hates someone I'm not familiar with I know that person is wonderful.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:20 am to Boks
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The minute they are elected they are required to start raising money for the caucus and do things in line with the caucus, with no regard for those who elected them.
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:21 am to DeltaTigerDelta
It’s almost like democrats are demanding that the results of an election be thrown out with them wanting to toss her from congress
Posted on 1/30/21 at 9:33 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Donald Trump must have passed his balls onto this feisty young woman...who has more backbone than 3/4 of the Republicans who are presently in office.
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