The mother of one of the victims of the Parkland school shooting in 2018, said she met with rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. one indicating that the shooting was a ‘false flag’.
According to Linda Beigel Schulman, whose son Scott Beigel was killed in the attack, Greene said major shooting incidents of the past decade were not false flags or staged. According to Schulman, Greene did not want to join her in publicly rejecting them with her on MSNBC.
“It’s wrong, it’s just wrong,” Schulman said in an interview with “Weekends with Alex Witt” when asked about her thoughts on Greene’s conspiracy over prominent mass shootings. “She should not tell lies,” Schulman added.
According to her, a congressman helped connect her to Greene, and they talked about Zoom on Saturday.
“When we started our conversation, I was completely ahead and Congressman Greene said I was going to be on MSNBC today,” Schulman said. “Parameters were set and the only topic discussed was the shooting at Parkland and Sandy Hook and that the conversation would be completely confidential. Our conversation went very well.”
She described the conversation as ‘friendly and cordial’, and that Greene said it was good that Schulman was sharing out of their discussion as she wished.
“My first question to Congressman Greene was: Do you really believe that Parkland and Sandy Hook were false flags and were staged?” Schulman said. “It was a very important question for me. To this day, I can not see anyone saying such a thing. Her answer was a resounding no, I did not.”
Schulman said that although she very much wanted to trust Greene, she felt she could not.
“Unless she wants to appear before the public and correct the false lies being told and reject the things she said, no, I can not believe it,” Schulman said, adding: “Maybe inside of her she believes it, I do not know. I have no idea. I’m not into her, but you can, words are very powerful, but actions speak louder than words. “
Greene’s office did not immediately return a request for comment from NBC News.
Greene was scrutinized for the first time last week following a CNN review of her Facebook page, which showed that in recent years she likes posts that have called for violence against prominent Democrats while promoting extremist conspiracy theories. She was also criticized for a video she posted on YouTube last year in which she harassed David Hogg, a Parkland survivor, who is now a prominent arms control activist. Greene has also expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy in the past.
Republican politicians were put under pressure on Sunday over how the party should respond to Greene, who is now facing appeals for expulsion from Congress or removal from the committees in which she serves.
“The people of her district chose her and that would mean a lot,” Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, told ABC’s This Week. “They elected her and she will be re-elected and she will be held accountable for what she said and her actions.”
Asked if Greene would like to comment on Facebook before her congressional speech in which she expressed support for the execution of Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., As CNN reported, Hutchinson said: is not to serve because she believes in something that not everyone accepts. ‘
“I reject it,” he said. “But she’s going to stand for re-election. I do not think we should punish people from a disciplinary or party point of view because they think otherwise.”
“I will not vote for her,” he later added.
Greene did not back down and announced on Saturday that former President Donald Trump had recently called her to express his support. R-California House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will meet with Greene later this week, a senior GOP assistant told NBC News.
“I will definitely vote her out of the committee,” rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Told NBCMeet the press“on Sunday.” As for the eviction, I’m not sure … I think a district has every right to state who they want. But we have every right to take a stand and say that you are not getting a committee, and we should definitely do that. ‘
In an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said, “Republican leaders should stand up and say what she said is completely unacceptable.”
“I saw some videos over the weekend,” he said. “And I have had to deal with violence, as I see it. And there is no place for violence in our political dialogue. By the way, there is no place for violence in our country. I mean, it’s something we “So, yes, I think people should speak clearly.”
He said he would “not be surprised” to see her lose her assignment to the Home Education and Labor Committee.
“And, you know, I think that’s the way to send a message,” he said. ‘The voters who elected her in her district in Georgia must be respected. On the other hand, there must be a strong reaction when such behavior occurs. ‘