Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
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“Someone who suggested that perhaps no plane would hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrific shooting incidents had been staged beforehand and that the Clintons of JFK Jr. crashed is not living in reality,” McConnell said in a statement. . with The Hill. “It has nothing to do with the challenges facing American families or the strong debates over the content that could strengthen our party.”
McConnell did not name Greene in his three-sentence statement, but his rare, sharp remarks about a first-year GOP lawmaker from the other chamber suggest he could acknowledge the potential damage her violent rhetoric and bizarre conspiracy theories have the Congress can appeal to Republicans as they try to take back the House as well as the Senate in next year’s means.
Greene responded on Twitter, writing that “the real cancer for the Republican Party is weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully.”
The real cancer for the Republican Party is weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully.
That is why we are losing our country.
– Marjorie Taylor Greene (@mtgreenee) 2 February 2021
Democrats threaten to force a naval vote this week to oust Georgia’s controversial Republican from the Education and Labor Committee and the Budget Committee as the House of Minority Council Kevin McCarthy
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McCarthy will meet with her in Washington on Tuesday. Some Republicans have said they do not expect McCarthy to drop her off committees as she has the support of former President Trump
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But McConnell’s comments will increase the pressure on McCarthy to act.
If McCarthy punishes the case to the Democrats, it could force vulnerable Republicans in the Swing districts to vote hard.
“Of course she has to be removed. Although we can not prevent her from calling herself a Republican, we can take a stand, and we must, ‘moderate GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger
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But others fear she’s removed will further divide the conference, which is already embroiled in a civil war over the next place to turn in a post-Trump era.
‘It remains to be seen how big she’s a long-standing case. She had a loud entrance, but it is unclear how she will be viewed and whether she will be known in the public psyche in November 2022. She has a difficult transition to Congress. I’m not sure if we should go to the wall about this now, ‘said a senior GOP legislator.
‘To quote Dean Wormer, we may have to put her on Double Secret Probation. … She’s been a member for 30 days. It’s still a little early, and I can ‘t blame Kevin for not clinging to someone at this point. “I do not think you need to deprive someone of their committees so early,” the legislature said.
Greene’s growing controversy has caused headaches for top Republicans because Democrats want to label her as the face of the GOP.
Greene, who is a supporter of the QAnon movement for Trump, supported Facebook messages calling for the speaker to be executed Nancy Pelosi
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Greene told conservative One America News (OAN) that she would meet with the former president soon, adding that “he supports me 100%.”
Trump’s support for the first-year student does not make IDP problems any easier.
The best Republicans, including the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, Ronna Romney McDaniel, condemned her remarks.
“The remarks made by Marjorie Taylor Greene are appalling,” she told The New York Times. “They must be condemned. They are violent, they are inaccurate – they are very, very dangerous. ‘
Greene has been a concern for Republicans since running in the by-election in place of former Rep. Tom Graves
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In addition to accepting Greene’s conspiracy theories, McConnell also expressed his support for the House Republican conference chairman. Liz Cheney
Elizabeth (Liz) Lynn Cheney Republicans scramble to unite after next election cycle South Carolina GOP votes to suspect Rep. Rice over accusation votes The Hill’s 12:30 Report – Presented by Facebook – Experts respond to J&J vaccine data MORE (Wyo.), Who came under fire from conservatives after her vote to accuse Trump of inciting the deadly January 6 riot.
“Liz Cheney is a leader with deep convictions and the courage to respond,” McConnell said in a statement to CNN.
“She is an important leader in our party and in our country. I am grateful for her service and look forward to working with her on the important issues facing our country.”
His comments come days before the House GOP conference, where conservative efforts to oust the Wyoming Republican from her leadership role will be discussed.
Al Weaver contributed. Updated at 8:09 p.m.