Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) On Thursday acknowledged that, while Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Apologized to colleagues in Congress this week for her previous controversial statements, Greene “did not withdraw that ”or“ regretted ”the statements addressed to Bush.
During an interview which aired on Thursday night at “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Trevor NoahObama: Republican Party ‘is the minority party in this country’ Obama jokes about conspiracy of birth: ‘I managed to get away from’ not being born in the USA ” Trevor Noah from the Daily Show ‘will present Grammy Awards MORE, ”Bush said he had pledged to“ shout out ”Greene for previous comments that have emerged in recent days, suggesting that Greene“ needs to be exposed ”for the Republican Congresswoman to“ evolve or be reformed.
Several media outlets in recent days have uncovered Greene’s previous comments, including statements indicating support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, advocating violence against Democratic leaders, arguing that school shootings were fabricated to garner support for gun control legislation and that California forest fires were started by a space laser controlled by a network of companies, including the Rothschild family business.
Greene on Wednesday addressed his fellow members of the House to apologize, telling her colleagues that she made a mistake by being curious about “Q” and that she told her kids that she learned a lesson on what to put on social media.
Despite these observations, Bush said on Thursday that an apology was never extended directly to her.
Bush said last month that Greene and his team scolded her in a hallway, and also pointed to a tweet about Martin Luther King Jr.’s day, in which Greene accused Bush of leading a crowd calling for the McCloskey family’s “rape, murder and house fire” in St. Louis.
Bush told Noah on Thursday that Greene, “called me a terrorist, she said I was the leader of a terrorist gang … that I asked for the murder of a couple. ”
“She didn’t take it away, she didn’t regret it,” continued Bush. “This is the kind of thing that is dangerous for our communities and, therefore, should be reported.”
Bush announced at the end of last month that he would move his office from Greene to his security, adding that on his way to vote for impeachment President Trump
Donald TrumpSenator of the GP warns that his party must decide between ‘conservatism and madness’ Pompeo scolds Biden’s new foreign policy. Here are the 11 Republicans who voted to remove Greene from House MORE committees for his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, “Greene came up behind me, talking loudly on his phone without wearing a mask.
“Out of concern for the health of my team, other members of Congress and their parliamentary staff, I repeatedly asked her to put on a mask,” Bush said in a statement. “Taylor Greene and his team responded by scolding me, with an employee shouting, ‘Stop inciting violence with Black Lives Matter.’ “
In the statement, Bush added: “In the context of Taylor Greene’s repeated endorsements of the execution of Democratic politicians before taking office, Taylor Greene’s renewed and repeated opposition to the black lives movement last month directed at me personally is a serious matter. concern. ”
“All of this led to my decision to move my Taylor Greene office to the safety of my team,” added Bush.
The house on the farm voted to remove Greene from his committee assignments, citing his endorsement of conspiracy theories, racist ideologies and violence against Democratic politicians. Eleven Republicans crossed party lines to vote with Democrats in favor of removing Greene from his committees.