WASHINGTON ― Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is livid together with her Republican colleagues for blocking her decision that claimed a Democrat had incited an “insurrection” in a Capitol workplace constructing.
In a sequence of social media posts since Wednesday night, Greene has blasted out the names of the 23 Republicans who joined all Democrats in opposing her censure decision towards Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), calling them “feckless” and claiming they’d voted “to destroy our country.”
One of the no votes, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), stated the decision “made legally and factually unverified claims, including the claim of leading an ‘insurrection,’” prompting a nasty response from Greene.
“Oh shut up Colonel Sanders, you’re not even from Texas, more like the DMV,” Greene wrotereferring to Roy’s goatee and upbringing within the Washington, D.C., space.
In one other messageGreene complained Roy voted to kick her out of the Freedom Caucus, a far-right group of House Republicans, “but keep CNN wannabe Ken Buck and vaping groping Lauren Boebert.”
In an effort to trivialize the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 ― which has been known as an revolt as a result of it was a part of an effort to overthrow the 2020 presidential election ― Greene’s decision falsely claimed Tlaib “led an insurrection at the United States Capitol Complex” throughout a protest in October.
Tlaib known as for a cease-fire within the Israel-Hamas conflict throughout a rally outdoors the Capitol in October. Hundreds of individuals then entered a public House workplace constructing and obtained arrested for persevering with their demonstration. Unlike the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol in January 2021, the peace activists filed by way of steel detectors moderately than rioting towards police and smashing by way of a window.
Some Republicans stated they disliked Tlaib’s Israel statements however couldn’t associate with crying “insurrection” over civil disobedience in a House workplace constructing ― regardless that they don’t assume Jan. 6 counted as an revolt.
“They were protesting inside of a building. They broke the rules. That doesn’t mean it was an insurrection,” Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), who has led the Republican counter-investigation into the bipartisan Jan. 6 investigation that concluded final 12 months, advised HuffPost. “I think [the resolution] was poorly worded and I also don’t think it was proper to censure someone who is expressing their First Amendment rights.”
(Loudermilk voted in favor of Greene’s decision.)
In an interview, Greene complained that “conservatives would rather put on their powdered white wigs and write strongly worded letters and talk tough on their media hits than actually hold the Democrats accountable and force them to play by their own rules.”
HuffPost requested if forcing Democrats to play by their very own guidelines, equivalent to by accusing a Democrat of inciting an revolt simply because Democrats have made that accusation towards Republicans, meant she thought Republicans ought to say one thing she doesn’t assume is true.
“I’m wanting my party to actually do what they say instead of talking tough all the time and going back to their voters and saying they’re going to hold people accountable, and yet they do nothing to hold anyone accountable,” Greene stated.
As for Tlaib, Greene stated, “She’s literally a terrorist in the House of Representatives.” Which just isn’t true.
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