- A number of Republicans from the House told Rep. During a Wednesday meeting. Marjorie Taylor Greene standing ovation.
- House Democrats will vote Thursday to deprive Greene, a conspiracy theorist, of her two commissions from the committee.
- House Republicans gathered to discuss the plight of both Greene and GOP Representative Liz Cheney.
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A number of Republicans from the House went to rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican in Georgia and an avid conspiracy theorist, gave a standing ovation after addressing her colleagues during a caucus meeting Wednesday night to discuss her impending removal from two House committees. Punchbowl News and others outlets report.
Vice News report that about half of the Republicans applauded Greene during the meeting.
House Republicans have come together to discuss both Greene and Representative Liz Cheney, a top Republican who was under fire for voting last month to accuse former President Donald Trump. House Democrats are holding a vote on Thursday to strip Greene of her two mandates from the committee amid growing backlash over her promotion of a string of conspiracy theories and her endorsement of political violence.
During Wednesday night’s meeting, Kevin McCarthy, leader of the House Minority to be heard explained why he would not remove Greene from one of the committees, and Greene paid attention to some strange statements she made.
Greene has long been involved in conspiracy theories, including QAnon. The first-year congresswoman also argued conspiracy theories, claiming that shootings at mass schools were a false flag and orchestrated by the gun advocates. The new report also exposed her calls to execute democratic politicians, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Republicans also debated on Wednesday whether to remove Cheney from the leadership after blaming Trump for the Capitol uprising and calling his actions the greatest ever “betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution” .
Cheney reportedly said during Wednesday’s meeting that she stood by her comments about Trump’s involvement in the January 6 siege and her position on accusation. Only 10 House Republicans voted to accuse Trump of inciting the riot.
House leadership has indicated they want to move on from internal party battles over Greene and Cheney.
“I was very clear that we need to resolve this tonight as members,” said Steve Scalise, a minority whip. told Politico on Wednesday. “I want the members to go through, air their grievances, but it has to go through tonight and then we have to move forward together.”
—Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) 3 February 2021