Some Democrats aren’t waiting around for GOP leaders to act. “House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy must explain how someone with this background represents the Republican party on education issues,” Scott wrote in a scathing statement Thursday. In one sign of the palpable anger toward Greene, House Education Committee Chair Bobby Scott (D-Va.) took the unusual step of denouncing Greene’s appointment to his committee, citing her offensive comments about mass school shootings. House Republicans face test as Democrats move to punish Marjorie Taylor Greene (Reuters) “We have members of Congress who want to bring guns on the floor and have threatened violence against other members.” “The enemy is within the House of Representatives,” Pelosi said. Top Democrats, including Pelosi, have said that those GOP lawmakers’ roles in the riot are being investigated, and that members could face consequences if federal law enforcement finds that they were, indeed, involved in any planning. The House impeached former President Donald Trump for inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol. Many Democrats say they are still rattled by the potential role of GOP members in that attack, including Greene, who helped lead the charge in a failed bid to overturn the results of the 2020 election and has been blamed even by some Republicans for helping to incite the insurrection.
The fate of Greene is fueling tensions throughout the House, which remains on edge just three weeks after the Jan. Greene’s office said she has no plans to resign, citing strong and continued support from her constituents back home. But so far, there are no signs that the California Republican has any intentions of stripping her of newly-awarded committee seats - even as at least one member of the GOP conference publicly demands that McCarthy take such a step. Pelosi on Thursday signaled that she is putting the onus directly on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to act, who said through a spokesperson he plans to have a “conversation” with Greene about her “disturbing” comments. Another post showed Greene repeatedly endorsed executing top Democrats - including Pelosi herself - in 20. But that anger grew far more intense in recent days, after CNN and Media Matters uncovered Facebook posts in which Greene spread lies that Sandy Hook and other deadly school shootings were staged. The freshman Republican from Georgia has drawn fury from across the House Democratic Caucus even before she was elected in November. Still, it will force every single lawmaker, including members of GOP leadership, to go on the record when it comes to Greene. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) is introducing a privileged resolution to expel Greene from Congress, meaning it will receive a floor vote - potentially as early as next week.īut expulsion would require two-thirds support in the House, making it highly unlikely that it will succeed. Some rank-and-file Democrats, however, are taking the matter into their own hands and ratcheting up efforts to ex-communicate Greene. “It’s absolutely appalling, and I think the focus has to be on the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives for the disregard they have for the deaths of those children.” “What could they be thinking? Or is thinking too generous of a word for what they might be doing?” Pelosi said Thursday of the GOP’s decision to seat her on that committee. Pelosi said Greene should not be seated on the House Education Committee after peddling a false conspiracy theory that the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012 was a hoax - remarks that Democrats say are among Greene’s most horrific in a broader trend of incendiary and at times threatening rhetoric. Marjorie Taylor Greene to a key panel, escalating pressure on Republicans to punish her for a long record of extremist comments. Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday unloaded on House GOP leaders for elevating freshman Rep.
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