Marjorie Taylor Greene gets standing ovation at closed-door GOP meeting, reports say

Authored by independent.co.uk and submitted by Jrsully92

Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly received a standing ovation from her GOP colleagues following revelations of her apparent support for “false flag” school shooting and QAnon conspiracy theories as well as a legacy of antisemitic and racist comments.

She reportedly apologised during a closed-door conference among House Republicans on Wednesday, following the introduction of resolutions from Democratic lawmakers to oust her from Congress or remove her from the House committee appointments.

Earlier on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the newly elected congresswoman from Georgia will not face any consequences from within her own party for her history of bigoted remarks, including apparent support for executing prominent elected Democrats and Islamophobic attacks against other members of the House.

He said "past comments from and endorsed by Marjorie Taylor Greene on school shootings, political violence, and antisemitic conspiracy theories do not represent the values or beliefs of the House Republican Conference,” but his party has not introduced any punitive measures.

He also drew false equivalence between Ms Greene’s behaviour – for which she has never publicly apologised – and the past controversial comments and actions of various Democratic House members.

In a damning statement condemning the GOP leader’s approach to Ms Greene, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that his “failure to lead his party effectively hands the keys over to Greene – an antisemite, QAnon adherent and 9/11 truther."

"After several conversations and literally running away from reporters, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Q-CA) made clear that he is refusing to take action against conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene,” said the statement from her office, replacing the “R” next to his designation with “Q” in a reference to the mass conspiratorial delusion.

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The full House will vote on Thursday on a resolution to strip Ms Greene of her seats on both the House Education and Labour Committee and the House Budget Committee, putting Republicans on record whether they support Ms Green’s place within the party.

whenimmadrinkin on February 4th, 2021 at 01:01 UTC »

Been saying it for weeks. She is the modern GOP. Why would they act otherwise.

Check your voter registration. Show up for every election no matter how small. Her voters definitely will.

ohnoh18 on February 4th, 2021 at 00:42 UTC »

Congratulations GOP, you are owning this horrendous excuse for a person. may you reap all the ugliness that comes with this vile idiot, and the nutty dangerous Qonspiracies she embraces

Jrsully92 on February 4th, 2021 at 00:40 UTC »

A congresswoman who endorsed death threats on democrats, an open Qanon supporter, someone who made the parents of kids killed in school shootings lives harder by essentially calling them actors, even harassed one of the child survivors, got reportedly half of the gop to give her a standing ovation....the gop is owned by Q and Trump (same thing) and have just simply sold their souls. Whatever soul was left.

Democrats, there is NO working with these people, and honestly, IMO, you’re going to lose support by democrats and the left by even entertaining the idea that these people can be worked with, youre giving them credibility and people will think they should be elected again. Look who they stand for and clap for....work for who elected you.

Hijacking my own comment.

We can not be the party anymore who elects a president and then all sits on our asses during midterms. EVERYONE, we have to vote, again and again, get the people around us to keep this passion, if the normal trend continues, the gop will take the house in 2022. We can not allow this.