Marjorie Taylor Greene Stripped Of House Committee Assignments

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February 5, 2021, 7:04 am

After several weeks of publicity surrounding some of the outrageous things freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said and done over the past few years, the House of Representatives voted on Thursday to strip her of her committee assignments.

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Many have questioned whether the “QAnon Congresswoman” is fit to serve in Congress at all, after a video of her harassing Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg began circulating, alongside social media posts that showed her support for the execution of Democratic leaders and beliefs in absolutely bizarre conspiracy theories.

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But Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy refused to remove Greene from her committees, forcing Democrats to bring the issue to a vote.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer gave a passionate argument against Greene prior to the vote, putting a Facebook ad Greene ran prior to her election on display.

The ad showed her holding an AR-15 alongside pictures of representatives Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib, calling herself the “squad’s worst nightmare.” Hoyer condemned the ad along with the divisiveness and violence Greene has promoted.

“They’re not ‘The Squad’ They’re Ilhan. They are Alexandria. And they’re Rashida. They are people. They are our colleagues … this is an AR-15” — Steny Hoyer printed out one of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s incendiary tweets pic.twitter.com/pXOmMtyrFs

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 4, 2021

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Ultimately, 11 Republicans broke from party lines and agreed that Greene’s behavior has been reprehensible, stripping her of her committee assignments.

The fact that she actually faced minor consequences for her actions, particularly at a time where “consequences” vs “letting it go” is a subject of national debate when it comes to Republicans, has left some folks feeling relieved.

Marjorie Taylor Greene will be removed from her Committees today.

It’s going to be a good day

— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) February 4, 2021

11 Republicans showed courage and common sense today. The overwhelming majority of the House GOP Caucus, not so much. Marjorie Taylor Greene is now the face and voice of the House Republican Caucus. https://t.co/Bw2h9iwuRJ

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 5, 2021

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Marjorie Taylor Greene called for the assassination of the Speaker of the House. That’s a felony. Now she claims she only said all that stuff because she was confused by a conspiracy theory. That shouldn’t get her off the hook. It should get her criminally indicted.

— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) February 5, 2021

But others are concerned it’s too little, too late — especially with the overwhelming majority of Republicans choosing to stand by Greene, putting party and power over everything else.

House Republicans are voting to punish Liz Cheney for protecting American democracy & giving Marjorie Taylor Greene a standing ovation for inciting a violent coup to subvert it

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 4, 2021

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In case you weren’t clear about the state of today’s GOP: Only 11 out of 211 Republicans voted to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments after she spouted vile conspiracy theories and incited violence against her colleagues.

This is who they are.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 4, 2021

Great news that the Democratically controlled House voted to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees, but never forget that my opponent Kevin McCarthy had the opportunity to remove her and chose to ask for her money instead.

— Bruno Amato for Congress CA23 (@BrunoAmato_1) February 5, 2021

If you’re shocked only 11 Republicans voted to hold Marjorie Taylor Greene responsible for inciting violence at the Capitol…

…lemme tell you about the 147 GOPs who voted to throw out African American votes in AZ & PA w/no evidence, later that same night, bc they wanted to.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) February 5, 2021

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We are watching the radicalization of the House GOP Caucus in real time. Marjorie Taylor Greene has become the voice of House Republicans. Don’t ever say to me that you want “healing” if you support a Q Member who, THREE DAYS AGO, said people who are against Trump are pedophiles. https://t.co/eDfFVun8F7

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 5, 2021

As for Greene, she failed to apologize for her actions and beliefs, instead attempting to sweep everything under the rug and pass the blame. And following the vote, she has made it clear that she has learned absolutely nothing.

I woke up early this morning literally laughing thinking about what a bunch of morons the Democrats (+11) are for giving some one like me free time.

In this Democrat tyrannical government, Conservative Republicans have no say on committees anyway.

Oh this is going to be fun!

— Marjorie Taylor Greene (@mtgreenee) February 5, 2021

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*First Published: February 5, 2021, 7:04 am