On Thursday, all House Democrats and 11 members of the GOP voted to remove Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments. Green has been under scrutiny for comments and social media posts she made before she was elected.
Green had embraced QAnon conspiracy theories, questioned the legitimacy of the 9/11 terror attacks — and even suggested the Parkland school shooting was a “false flag” operation.
Leader Hoyer during debate on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA): "I urge my colleagues to look at this image."
“This is an AR-15 in the hands of Ms. Greene. This was on Facebook. ‘The Squad’s worst enemy; AR-15 in hand’ — I have never, ever seen that!”pic.twitter.com/O1FKLayfZ3
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 4, 2021
Thursday morning, Rep. Greene stood on the house floor and expressed regret for her past remarks without directly apologizing.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: "You see, school shootings are absolutely real."
"I know the fear that David Hogg had that day" pic.twitter.com/pT2hds0fGa
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 4, 2021
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I also want to tell you 9/11 absolutely happened." pic.twitter.com/gyjf9OlfUn
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 4, 2021
The eleven Republicans who joined Democrats to expel Greene from her assignments were as follows: Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Carlos Giménez (Fla.), Chris Jacobs (N.Y.), John Katko (N.Y.), Young Kim (Calif.), Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.), Maria Elvira Salazar (Fla.), Chris Smith (N.J.) and Fred Upton (Mich.)
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has been under intense pressure to punish Greene or call on her to resign her elected House seat.
In response to the vote, Rep. Greene said she will hold a press conference Friday at 11 a.m.
The 11 Republicans voting with Democrats to remove Rep. Greene from her committee assignments:
– Kim (CA)
– Kinzinger (IL)
– Malliotakis (NY)
– Jacobs (NY)
– Smith (NJ)
– Fitzpatrick (PA)
– Upton (MI)
– Diaz-Balart (FL)
– Salazar (FL)
– Gimenez (FL)
– Katko (NY)— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 5, 2021
