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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) accused Republicans who voted against censuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) of hiding “behind excuses,” while launching respective individual insults astatine nan opposing members successful a bid of tweets Thursday, nan latest spat to showcase Greene’s falling retired pinch nan far-right.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is seen extracurricular a House Republican Conference gathering connected ... [+] Tuesday, October 24, astatine nan Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Greene tweeted a database of nan names of nan 23 Republicans who voted to array nan mobility that would person formally censured Tlaib, nan only Palestinian American successful Congress, for participating successful an October 18 protestation astatine nan Capitol calling for a ceasefire successful nan Israel-Hamas warfare past month: “the state will conscionable support imploding, and Republicans will do nothing,” Greene wrote connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter.
She besides launched nonstop insults astatine immoderate members of nan far-right Freedom Caucus, which voted to region her complete a nationalist feud pinch Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Greene’s confederation pinch erstwhile House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
Greene rebuked Freedom Caucus personnel Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) for voting to array nan censure against Tlaib, who Greene called a “terrorist,” but voting successful favour of kicking her retired of nan Freedom Caucus, penning “you dislike Trump, certified Biden’s predetermination and could attraction little astir J6 defendants being persecuted” and calling Roy “Colonel Sanders.”
She besides accused Roy of wanting to support “CNN wannabe Ken Buck,” nan Colorado Republican House personnel who announced his status Wednesday, and “vaping groping Lauren Boebert” successful nan caucus, referring to an incident astatine a Denver theatre successful September erstwhile Boebert was kicked retired of a Bettlejuice performance and caught connected surveillance camera vaping and suggestively grabbing her date.
Greene besides doubled down connected her comparison of nan January 6 insurrection to nan October 18 Capitol protest, contempt objections from a bipartisan conjugation of lawmakers: “If Jan 6th was an insurrection truthful was Oct 18th,” she wrote connected X (approximately 300 group were arrested connected October 18, astir for demonstrating wrong of a Capitol agency building, while much than 800 group person been convicted aliases pleaded blameworthy successful relationship pinch nan January 6 Capitol riots, which near 140 rule enforcement officers injured and 5 dead).
Greene besides went aft Republicans for failing to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, doing “nothing” to extremity nan first impeachment of erstwhile President Donald Trump and preventing nan DOJ from becoming “the very tyrannical authorities our founding fathers warned america about.”
Tangent
Greene was booted from nan Freedom Caucus successful July aft she called Boebert a “little b—-h” connected nan House level during an statement complete their dueling resolutions to impeach President Joe Biden. Greene’s confederation pinch McCarthy, who aggregate Freedom Caucus members voted to region past month, besides reportedly contributed to her ouster from nan caucus.
Key Background
Greene’s solution was rejected successful a 222-186 ballot Thursday. The solution accused Tlaib of “antisemitic activity” and “leading an insurrection astatine nan Capitol.” It besides cited Tlaib’s tweet past period accusing Israel of bombing a infirmary successful Gaza, a declare promoted by Hamas that nan U.S. and Israeli governments person rejected, citing intelligence that suggests it was a misfired rocket from nan Gaza-based militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Some Republicans, including Reps. Tom Massie (Ky.) and Victoria Spartz (Ind.), said they rejected Greene’s solution because they believed Tlaib’s rhetoric constituted state of speech. Massie also said he opposed nan measurement “because it was modeled aft authorities that condemned J6 protestors.” Rep. Rebecca Balint (D-Vt.) pulled a solution that would person censured Greene complete her years-long shape of incendiary rhetoric aft nan House rejected nan Tlaib censure.
Further Reading
House Shoots Down Censure Resolution Against Rashida Tlaib (Forbes)
Marjorie Taylor Greene Ousted From House Freedom Caucus, Board Member Says (Forbes)
Johnson’s First Day As Speaker: Proposals To Censure Rashida Tlaib, Marjorie Taylor Greene And Expel George Santos (Forbes)
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