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| House Votes to Strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of Committee Assignments |
| 2021-02-05 |
| [PJ] On Thursday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) of her committee assignments over her previous comments supporting conspiracy theories like QAnon, 9/11 "truth," Jewish space lasers, and the idea that school shootings were "false flags." Greene had expressed regret for the statements and explicitly disavowed some of the more noxious conspiracy theories. The House voted, 230-199, in favor of H.Res. 72, striking Greene from her assignments on the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on the Budget. Eleven Republicans joined 219 Democrats in voting for the resolution. Before the vote, Greene herself said she regrets the statements she made. She also explicitly disavowed some of the conspiracies, declaring that "school shootings are absolutely real," and adding, "I also want to tell you, 9/11 absolutely happened." "I decided to run for Congress because I want to help our country," Greene added. "I never once said, during my entire campaign, ’QAnon.’ ... I never said any of these things since I had been elected to Congress. These were words of the past and these things do not represent me, they do not represent my district, and they do not represent my values." She transitioned to discuss the gospel, saying "none of us are perfect." "And if this Congress is to tolerate members that condone riots that have hurt American people, attacked police officers, occupied federal property, burned businesses in cities, but yet wants to condemn me and crucify me in the public square for words that I said and I regret a few years ago, then I think we are in a real big problem, a very big problem," Greene warned. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
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| Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-02-05 19:12 |
| #10 Everyone Knows the Jews have a space laser. Just don't mention the Death Ray or the dreaded PeePeeShriveling Device. Those are super secret! |
| Posted by: Haliburton DeathRay Division 2021-02-05 18:34 |
| #9 Hey, a crazy is a crazy. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-02-05 18:33 |
| #8 I really wish people on both sides of the aisle would stop throwing around charges of "treason". Treason is defined in the Constitution as giving aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war. Anything else is NOT treason. It might be sedition, or some other crime, but it is not treason. My theory is that the framers put this into the Constitution because they were tired of the king/Parliament charging people with treason if they did something the king didn't like. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2021-02-05 17:35 |
| #7 I would think Schiff's actions (and others) rise to Impeachment levels. Lying to the American people again and again in order to harm the President comes dangerously close to treason, at the very least it should justify a vote and investigation. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2021-02-05 16:11 |
| #6 AOC has a victimhood complex. She needs to be pitied to feel useful. Oh poor me! Lied about growing up poor. She is a drama queen who makes stuff up. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2021-02-05 13:16 |
| #5 No AOC is a liar. Everyone Knows the Jews have a space laser. Sheesh. |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 2021-02-05 11:49 |
| #4 Schiff was prominent in every form of public venue known to man claiming he had seen evidence of Trump's Russian collusion...but it was too classified to discuss. Not entirely my understanding of classified. The same for the gastrically challenged Swallwell, he of Intel committee and Chinese spy fame. Ilhan Omar let us say has brought the best of Somali governance to DC. Of course the joke on her is it was already there. AOC simply says anything to get attention. The people elected Greene, she doesn't have to toe anybody's ideological line but theirs. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2021-02-05 08:46 |
| #3 It Turns Out AOC Wasn’t Even In The Capitol Building During The Riot |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-02-05 06:13 |
| #2 AOC questions if Capitol Police officer tried to put her in a 'vulnerable situation' |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-02-05 05:42 |
| #1 comments supporting conspiracy theories like QAnon, 9/11 "truth," Jewish space lasers, and the idea that school shootings were "false flags." A republican AOC? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-02-05 05:40 |