Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene denounced the Capitol rioters on Tuesday, saying they were attacking all lawmakers – Republicans and Democrats – when they stormed the Capitol during the January 6 joint session to count electoral votes.
“The attack reassured our objection that we had been preparing for weeks, which ruined our efforts on behalf of Trump and his voters,” Greene, R-Ga., Said in a tweet.
She continued: ‘The previous night they had placed pipe bombs at the RNC and the DNC. They did NOT target just one party. They targeted Republicans and Democrats. They were all against the government. ‘
Greene also said she was “very upset, scared and frightened of us all” during the riot, saying she “made a video in which people are told to stop and they have to protest peacefully.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Speaks at a News Conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, February 5, 2021. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh)
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“I will be forever grateful to my Republican colleagues who bravely helped the police protect us and blocked the door,” Greene continued. “They bravely risked their lives against the attackers who were trying to enter.”
She added that the former president “is the victim of the never-ending witch-hunt with hatred.”
But some of the rioters’ actions suggest they were not actually targeting lawmakers they considered allies, including Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Video published by the New York resident showed rioters through Cruz’s papers before concluding: “This is a good one. I think Cruz wants us to do it, so I think we’re fine.” They also said, “He is with us.”
Cruz, however, in many statements condemned the rioters.
Greene also gave credence on Tuesday to the false allegations that the Capitol rebels were not Trump supporters – they were generally shown to be right-wing Trump supporters, as law enforcement officials tracked down the rebels.
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The pre-Trump mob violated the Capitol about an hour after the end of Trump’s protest on January 6, repeating false claims that he had won the election and urging his followers to go to the Capitol ‘peacefully and patriotically’. go. However, those who believe that Trump’s demonstration that day constituted impeccable behavior say that one remark does not outweigh the balance of his remarks, in which he also told followers that if they do not ‘fight back’, they will not ‘land’ anymore. . ‘
Trump’s legal team claims that the use of the word ‘fight’ was figurative and means that political action on election security is meant.
Greene has been a lightning rod for controversy as she has maintained her reputation as a bomber while also removing some of her most radical statements from the past. She rejected QAnon after earlier flirting with the conspiracy theory; reaffirmed that 9/11 had happened after earlier expressing doubts about it; and last week apologized to her Republican colleagues from the House for the comments and others, including some who apparently supported violence against Democrats, before she was elected.
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The Republican Party experienced a handful of internal skirmishes, which played out last week. There was a complete vote in the House to deprive Greene – one of the faces of the GOP’s pro-Trump wing – of her instructions to the committee. Eleven Republicans joined all Democrats in the vote. Meanwhile, Representative Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Survived a 145-61 vote to remove her as GOP conference chair after she voted to accuse Trump.
Similar divisions in the Senate will be closely watched during Trump’s indictment, with a handful of Republicans seen as potential votes to convict the former president, while the vast majority of the GOP is expected to side with Trump’s advocates. , which the trial called ‘political theater’. “
“This accusation is a circus trial for the Democratic media crowd to entertain the masses who have been brainwashed and addicted to hate, so they do not see the Dem policy being implemented quickly destroying our lives, stealing our freedoms and stealing it. “America last,” Greene tweeted Tuesday.