“Appoint her to the Education Committee when she scoffed at the murder of young children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, when she scoffed at the murder of teenagers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – what could they be thinking?” Pelosi asked Thursday. “Or are you thinking a very generous word for what they might be doing? It is absolutely amazing, and I think the focus should be on the Republican leadership of this House of Representatives for the contempt they have for the deaths of these children.”
Many House Republicans were silent after the CNN report, but some leadership members issued a statement criticizing the comments.
Republican House Representative Steve Scalise said in a statement to CNN: “I have always condemned the use of violent rhetoric in politics on both sides, and that is no exception. There is no place for comments like that in our political speech” .
“These comments are deeply disturbing and leader McCarthy plans to have a conversation with the congresswoman about them,” said Mark Bednar, spokesman for minority leader in the House, Kevin McCarthy, in a statement late on Wednesday.
After CNN contacted Greene for her initial report earlier this week, her personal Twitter account posted a statement in which she did not deny that she liked posts and responded to comments, but claimed that many people had her Facebook page. .
“Over the years, I have had teams of people managing my pages. Many posts were liked. Many posts were shared. Some did not represent my opinions. Especially those that CNN is about to publish on the internet, ”she wrote.
Greene did not specify whether she or a member of her team was behind the posts reviewed by CNN’s KFile.
In CNN’s Steck, Andrew Kaczynski and Manu Raju contributed to this report.