Thursday, April 20, 2023

Having fun in the House Homeland Security committee hearing

House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green barred GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from speaking further in a hearing after she called Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a “liar” – a stunning example of how Greene’s extreme rhetoric led even members of her own party to shut her down, creating tensions inside the House GOP.

The outburst took up considerable time during the hearing and threatened to overshadow Mayorkas’s testimony – to the frustration of Republican committee members.

A source close to Green said the chairman was furious with the congresswoman’s behavior and planned to privately reprimand her, and also said he would encourage Speaker Kevin McCarthy to remove her from the committee if she ever had an outburst like that again.

Greene told CNN on Thursday she was “surprised and angered” over the incident and said she already spoke to McCarthy. “He agreed with me,” Greene said, indicating the speaker believed she shouldn’t have silenced. She also said McCarthy would never agree to pulling her off the committee. “Speaker McCarthy is never going to let that happen,” she said.

  CNN
She's right about that, because she has his balls. if he gets crossways with her, she'll be calling for a vote to remove him from the Speaker's seat. That deal was sealed when the MAGA caucus finally let him become Speaker after 15 rounds of voting. 

She got what she was after: a video clip showing how tough she is.  Fundraising material.


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

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