- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is not launching an ‘America First’ caucus, her spokeswoman said.
- This is a reversal of a previous day and follows the condemnation of other Republicans.
- Greene said she had not read the proposal, which emphasized ‘Anglo-Saxon political traditions’.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene does not launch an “America First” caucus and said she did not read the document shared by Punchbowl News which emphasized the “Anglo-Saxon political traditions”.
It’s a reversal from a previous day, when a Republican spokesman in Georgia told CNN in a statement: “be on the lookout for the release of the America First Caucus platform when it’s coming soon to the public. be announced. “
The same spokesman, Nick Dyer, said on Saturday that Greene was “launching nothing” and the document released was an early planning proposal and nothing was approved or approved.
In a series of tweets On Saturday, Greene attacked the media, saying “they released a draft proposal from staff from an external group that I did not read.”
Rep. Paul Gosar, who according to Punchbowl News was also behind the proposal, also made a statement that he had no prior knowledge of it before reading about it in the news on Friday.
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The proposal in question sparked anger from Democrats and Republicans. The caucus is said to “follow in the footsteps of President Trump and possibly step on some toes and sacrifice sacred cows for the good of the American nation.” It also set out views on, among other things, election fraud, large-scale technology and immigration.
The immigration department praised ‘common respect for unique Anglo-Saxon political traditions’ and warned that’ foreign nationals’ are being massively imported ‘. The document contains a number of false statements, reports Sonam Sheth of Insider.
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger quickly denounced the caucus, saying that everyone who joins “should have their committees stripped, and the Republican convention should remove them from participating in the conference.”
Top House Republicans also spoke out against nativism within the GOP without explicitly mentioning the caucus.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Twitter: “The Republican Party is Lincoln’s party and the party of more opportunities for all Americans – not the nativist dog whistles.”
Rep. Liz Cheney said: “Republicans believe in equal opportunities, freedom and justice for all.”
“Racism, nativism and anti-Semitism are evil. History teaches that we all have an obligation to confront and reject such malicious hatred,” she added.