Greene has promoted allegations that mass shootings have occurred across the country
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene earned reputation for his loyalty to the former president Donald Trump. Greene has continually encouraged false pro-Trump conspiracy theories and, more recently, she liked social media posts aligned with extreme right-wing ideologies.
According Newsweek, Greene was sworn in to Congress on January 3 with almost 75 percent of the vote in the November elections. She ran in a deeply conservative congressional district in Georgia. Despite this, a poll by FiveThirtyEight on Friday shows that Greene is less popular nationally.
Polls show that 20% of Republicans disapprove of Greene versus 24% who approve of him. The remaining 56% did not know or were undecided.
Overall, 37% disapproved, while 15% were in favor based on surveys by YouGov / The Economist, SurveyMonkey / Axios and Morning Consult / Politico.
‘We cannot build a just and anti-racist society if a member of Congress endorses white supremacy’ – Congresswoman Cori Bush called for the removal of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments pic.twitter.com/UpgvfRF6l1
– NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 6, 2021
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Greene liked social media posts calling for the murder of notable Democratic figures, including the former president Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and mayor Nancy Pelosi.
She also allegedly used social media to promote claims that the mass shootings in Parkland, Florida, Newton, Connecticut and Las Vegas were all staged.
The Democratic-controlled House pushed for Greene to be removed from his committee duties on Thursday due to his record of racial and violent comments. According Democracy Now, she refused to apologize for her comments.
I woke up early this morning, literally laughing, thinking about the bunch of idiots Democrats (+11) are for giving free time to someone like me.
In this Democratic tyrannical government, conservative Republicans have no say in the committees.
Oh, this is going to be fun!
– Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) February 5, 2021
“I’m fine with being kicked out of my committees because it would be a waste of time. I was released … do you know what’s going on on these committees? See, we basically have a tyrannically controlled government now, ”Greene said during a news conference on Friday.
219 Democrats and 11 Republicans voted in favor of its removal against 199 Republicans who voted against it, according to Democracy Now.
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CNN’s Chris Cuomo scolded the Republican Party during “Cuomo Prime Time” and used a new nickname for members of the Republican Party who supported Greene and QAnon’s conspiracy theories.
The newly created “GOPQ” gives more support to a crazy liar who wants the death of Democratic leaders than a member of his own leadership who had the courage to tell the truth about Trump, says @ChrisCuomo, while the Republican Party continues to fragment. pic.twitter.com/5pK3RXgtL1
– Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) February 6, 2021
“This guy didn’t bring us down alone and now we see this in the newly created GOPQ that gives more support to a crazy liar who wants the death of Democratic leaders than a member of his own leadership who had the courage to tell the truth about Trump ”Said Cuomo.
Cuomo said that while Trump is “in the rearview mirror”, the problems he left behind are evident.
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