Congresswoman Cori Bush said she is moving her Washington office to stay away from controversial Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on “security” issues, but Greene says Bush’s claims are “lies” that can be proven false by video.
Bush, D-Mo. And Greene, R-Ga., Are two first-year representatives who have offices on the same floor in the Longworth House Office Building, near the Capitol.
“A Marjorie Taylor Greene without a mask and her team scolded me in a hallway,” Bush posted on Friday. “She chose me and others on social media. I am moving my office from hers to the safety of my team.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Ordered the room to be moved due to Bush’s security concerns. “This change of seat assignment was by direct order of the mayor, at the request of Mr Bush,” a Pelosi aide told Fox News.
Bush’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request about the alleged altercation with Greene that raised concerns for his safety.
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But Greene said he only had one meeting with Bush in Washington and it was all videotaped.
“She’s lying,” Greene told Fox News about Bush’s allegations.
US Democratic House of Representatives candidate Cori Bush poses for a portrait after defeating current deputy William Lacy Clay in his primary election in St Louis, Missouri, USA, August 5, 2020. REUTERS / Lawrence Bryant – RC2V7I92SNKJ
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On the day of the impeachment vote on January 13, Greene aired on Facebook while walking to the Capitol and speaking out against Trump’s second impeachment and criticizing House rules that required members to wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic. Greene pulls down his mask in the video.
“Follow the rules and put on a mask!” someone yells at Greene as she walks into a tunnel to the Capitol. Greene said it was Bush confronting her shortly after the 2-minute mark on his live video.
One of Greene’s team members responded by saying to Bush, “Stop inciting violence with Black Lives Matter.” Bush was a racial justice activist before coming to Congress.
“Don’t yell at people,” Greene tells Bush.
Bush repeats the request for Greene to put on a mask.
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Greene told Bush that Democrats should not bring positive members of Covid to Washington.
“Stop being a hypocrite,” Greene shouts back.
Greene pulls on the mask, keeps walking and keeps the broadcast live. “This is how things are here now,” says Greene in the video.
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“This is arguing with my Democrat … supposed colleague,” said Greene.
Greene told Fox News that she feels “lucky” to have the video meeting to prove that she did not instigate the confrontation with Bush.
“Cori Bush, she is accusing me of attacking her and claiming that she needs to move her office. No. This is crazy,” said Greene. “I’m very lucky to be talking and talking about those things on Facebook Live that I have that video.
“I wish no harm to anyone, not even my worst enemy,” added Greene. “This is crazy. I never spoke to her beyond that. And she started yelling at me.”
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Walks at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, January 13, 2021. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh)
Bush’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the video, but a subsequent statement that Bush posted on Twitter confirms that it was in fact the January 13 interaction with Greene and his tunnel worker that was the reason for concern. Bush, along with Greene’s previous publications on social media.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene came up behind me, talking loudly on her phone without wearing a mask,” Bush wrote. “This happened a day after several colleagues in my House announced that they had tested positive for COVID-19 after being in a room with Taylor Greene during the white supremacy attack on Capitol Hill.”
Bush said he repeatedly asked Greene to wear a mask, and Greene and his team “responded by scolding me, with an employee shouting, ‘Stop inciting violence with the Black Lives Matter.'”
Bush also cited Greene’s previous social media posts that she said were “repeated endorsements for the execution of Democratic politicians” recently discovered by CNN. She also quoted Greene’s tweet earlier this month accusing Bush of leading a crowd calling for the McCloskey family’s “rape, murder and house fire” in St. Louis – “thus targeting me on Twitter. “
“All of this led to my decision to move my Taylor Greene office to the safety of my team,” said Bush.
Bush led an effort to remove members of Congress from the posts she said helped spark the Capitol rebellion on January 6, which left five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer. She pressed again for the expulsion in her tweet against Greene on Friday.
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“I asked for the expulsion of members who incited the insurrection from day one. Bring H.Res 25 to a vote, ”tweeted Bush.
Greene was targeted by Democrats on the job for his attempts with former President Trump to challenge the results of the 2020 elections, alleging fraud and joining the efforts of “Stop the Steal”. Most recently, she was expelled for her earlier statements on social media, where she allegedly indicates support for the execution of prominent Democratic politicians, including Pelosi, and suggested that the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was a planned event of “false flag”.
Greene said that the Bush push and exit are the latest efforts to try to cancel it and its constituents in northwest Georgia.
Greene said he has always told pro-Trump supporters to act peacefully and that he has never tolerated violence of any kind.
“I would never think of hurting anyone. Never,” said Greene. “And I never carried a gun in Washington DC, not once … They are all at home in Georgia.”
Pelosi said on Thursday that members of Congress are not only facing threats from outside, but are also at risk from members of Congress who want to bring weapons to the ground and threaten violence against their colleagues, saying “the enemy is inside of the House of Representatives. “
Pelosi blamed the Republican Party leadership for raising Greene to the House Education and Work Committee, despite his position to “simulate” school shootings: “It really is beyond limits,” said Pelosi.
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Republican Party leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Was due to have an argument with Greene about her denying the shootings at the schools in Parkland and Sandy Hook, which led to the death of 37 schoolchildren.
A McCarthy spokesman told Bret Baier of Fox News that “the comments are deeply disturbing and leader McCarthy plans to have a conversation with the congresswoman about them”.
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Greene declined to discuss his private talks with the leadership, but said the GOP needs to stay together.
“The left is executing the same manual on me and others that did on President Trump,” said Greene. “And they used that manual to eliminate it. And they are trying to do the same thing to us. And I think Republicans have to come together and be strong and not allow any of us to be canceled.”
“This is their plan,” continued Greene. “They are creating these lies and trying to create that image about us, that No. 1 had something to do with that terrible attack on Capitol Hill that was horrible. … They don’t want to acknowledge that we were also victims.”
Fox News Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.