House Dems may do what McCarthy wouldn't

Democrats in the United States House of Representatives are moving forward with a vote on Thursday to strip Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments.

Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Wednesday said Greene’s actions on social media, which included a suggestion Speaker Nancy Pelosi should be executed, were unacceptable.

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“Her actions in the Congress have been consistent and she has placed many members in fear for their welfare.”

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House Republicans met behind closed doors for hours on Wednesday night as they debated whether Greene should be required to apologise or give up her assignments on the House education and budget committees.

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Greene appeared on a podcast on Wednesday with conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza to deny she made social media references she is accused of and called Republican leaders “weak” for not defending her.

“This grave sin that I am being crucified for in the public square is for reading about things, posting about them and asking questions on Facebook in 2018. And they are outraged that I dare to … use my freedom of speech,” Green said.

“And our Republican leaders are too weak to stand up against it.”

  alJazeera

In fact, they're too weak to stand up against her and Trump.

Prior to being elected to Congress, Greene was the moderator of the Facebook page of a right-wing group called Family America Project.

The page provided a forum for death threats against Democrats, bigoted attacks on former President Barack Obama and conspiracy theories, according to a report by US news magazine Mother Jones.

Greene last week removed dozens of Facebook posts from 2018 and 2019 in which she endorsed fringe conspiracy theories and indicated support for executing prominent Democratic politicians, broadcaster CNN also reported.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Apparently, it wasn't just that they didn't strip Greene of any of her committee assignments...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said early Thursday that it was “disappointing by a factor of 1,000” to see Republican colleagues give Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) a standing ovation after she apologized for her past controversial remarks.

“I don’t like to reveal a ton of conference details, but she stood up and kind of gave a bit of contriteness, but then it pivoted to ‘they’re coming after you next,’” Kinzinger said on CNN's "New Day," referring to a closed-door House GOP conference meeting late Wednesday.

“Obviously I had a huge problem with all of that, but the 'they,' being the Democrats, I think if you’re not buying into Jewish space lasers and false flag operations and QAnon stuff, to think that they’re just going to come after you next, I think is way a bridge too far,” he said, adding that it “was disappointing by a factor of 1,000” to see fellow Republicans' response.

  The Hill

Disappointing, but surely not surprising. Disgusting, but not surprising.

Greene told her fellow lawmakers during the meeting that she made a mistake about being curious about “Q.” Multiple outlets have uncovered remarks by Greene promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory, which falsely claims that Democrats and Hollywood are running an international child sex peddling operation.

She has also faced backlash over multiple reports that she has argued that school shootings were staged to win support for gun control, suggested that California’s wildfires were caused by a space laser linked to California utility PG&E and the Rothschilds, and more.

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Kinzinger on Thursday told CNN that he will vote for the legislation to remove Greene from her committee assignments unless “she comes out and publicly shows that she has moved on” and “contriteness.”

“I wish this vote on the floor today to remove her committees was something that we didn’t have to do because it would have been done by our side,” Kinzinger said. “But to see her come out of this in a strong position was crazy.”

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) “unleashed hell” on McCarthy for defending Greene more than Cheney, which he said was “embarrassing,” a source familiar with the exchange told Forbes, while Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.) took aim at McCarthy for his meeting with former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, according to Politico and The Hill.

Cheney, meanwhile, sustained criticism from Trump allies like Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), who said she “aided and comforted the enemy” with her impeachment vote, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who asked if she would “do it again,” according to CNN.

  Forbes

The enemy? The Democrats are the enemy?