House Democrats move quickly to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee

House Democrats move quickly to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee

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House majority leader Steny Hoyer, the second Democrat in the House, is planning to deliver an ultimatum to Republican Party leader Kevin McCarthy in Greene this week, a well-known source told CNN. Hoyer is expected to tell McCarthy that Republicans have 72 hours to remove Greene from his committee duties, or Democrats will take the matter to the House floor.

CNN contacted Hoyer’s office to ask for more details. The Politician first reported the ultimatum of the majority leader in the House.

Democrats’ action may set a risky precedent, as they harass a member of Congress over the views expressed before serving as an elected official – and which has the potential to be used against the party by Republicans.

The House Rules Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday to approve a rule for a resolution to expel Greene from the House Education and Work Committee and the Budget Committee.

The rule would govern the procedures for debate in the plenary before consideration by the House plenary on the resolution to remove Greene from his duties on the committee. It is the House Democrats’ first official step to remove Greene from his duties.

Despite the ultimatum, McCarthy has not yet revealed how he will deal with Greene. An aide told CNN that McCarthy needs to speak to the congresswoman first.

“They need to have a personal conversation,” said a McCarthy spokesman. The two are due to speak this week, but it is unclear when.
Last week, a spokesman for the Republican House leader classified Greene’s comments as “deeply disturbing” after CNN’s KFile reported that Greene repeatedly indicated support for the execution of prominent Democratic politicians in 2018 and 2019 before being elected to office. Congress. But most House Republicans remained silent about the comments, even when Democrats expressed growing outrage.

Hoyer’s move to deliver an ultimatum suggests that the Democratic leadership wants to give McCarthy time to act on Greene independently before seeking a resolution on the House floor.

The congresswoman also faced a reaction against recently re-emerged comments she made related to the Parkland school shooting.
Students who survived the shooting in Parkland, Fla., And relatives of the victims asked for Greene’s resignation after comments emerged that showed his agreement with people who said the 2018 shooting was a “false flag” operation.

Greene now appears to be trying to reverse some of these views.

During an interview with One America News on Monday, Greene said she does not think these shootings are fake.

“These are not red flag incidents; they are not false. And the loss that these families go through and their friends is terrible. And it should never happen. And it need not happen if we are to protect our children properly,” she said.

At least 50 House Democrats have also called for Greene to be removed from Congress, with others demanding that she be censored or face punishment after several of her inflamed comments have surfaced.

This story was updated with further developments on Monday.

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