House Republican leader punts on punishing Marjorie Taylor Greene as Democrats move toward removing

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Source: CNN

Full Headline: House Republican leader punts on punishing Marjorie Taylor Greene as Democrats move toward removing her from committees


House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy broke his silence on Wednesday over the uproar caused by freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's conspiracy theory views, suggesting Republicans would not move to strip her from her committee assignments, effectively forcing Democrats to take action on their own.

McCarthy's move is a sharp break from a growing number of Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who want the party to expunge voices promoting wild conspiracies that threaten to torpedo GOP efforts to rebuild in the aftermath of former President Donald Trump's administration.

Yet Greene has allied herself with Trump, and many House Republicans say she shouldn't be punished for views expressed before she was an elected member of Congress -- even as lawmakers in both parties are alarmed at revelations that she suggested school massacres were staged events and made many other shocking and racist claims.

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"I understand that Marjorie's comments have caused deep wounds to many and as a result, I offered Majority Leader Hoyer a path to lower the temperature and address these concerns. Instead of coming together to do that, the Democrats are choosing to raise the temperature by taking the unprecedented step to further their partisan power grab regarding the committee assignments of the other party," McCarthy said, going on to repeat several attacks on Democratic members.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-committee-assignments/index.html

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1. Kevin McCarthy is a jellyfish without the stingers

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2. Profiles in Cowardice.

For 40+ years, the Party has selectively bred for this type of person and elevated him/her to national office. The Faustian deal is, vote Party Line and we'll keep your secrets safe.

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3. Times will continues to change. mccarthy on the risky end of the trending times

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4. The GOP is morally paralyzed. A deer in the headlights of Truth.

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5. She's crazy, she's a traitor to the United States, and she advocates political violence.

There's no "lowering the temperature" on that. There's no way forward but to throw her out on her ass. Edit to add: She's a total nobody--they won't act against a nobody who will soon be forgotten. That's how warped they are.