Republicans are increasingly concerned that the controversy over MP Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) May define the party and its candidates in the middle of the 2022 term, undermining the Republican Party’s efforts to win back support from suburban voters.
Democrats have already responded to the outrage surrounding Greene. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Tuesday launched a six-figure advertising campaign linking Republicans to the QAnon conspiracy theory, which Greene has expressed support for in the past, as mayor. Nancy Pelosi
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On Thursday, Democratic House Majority Forward released an ad accusing McCarthy of warmly embracing “the QAnon Caucus” after the California Republican signaled he would not punish Greene for his earlier comments.
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The initial strategy shows that Democrats are seeking an initial advantage in what is likely to be a tight mid-term election. The party has a narrow majority in the House and Senate. And the party that controls the White House has historically lost seats before the government’s first half-term elections.
Both parties see the suburbs, in particular, as crucial in their efforts to win. Republicans struggled to get voter favors in suburban enclaves across the country thanks to the old President Trump
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Now, as Democrats seek to make Greene the face of their party, she has aligned herself even more with Trump. At a news conference on Friday, she argued that the party “belongs to him”, something that is likely to raise concerns among some Republicans about the party’s chances in the suburbs by 2022.
“She is part of the Republican conference, a famous part now. This cannot be good for Republicans, ”said Bill Kristol, a conservative critic of President Trump and director of Defending Democracy Together.
Others say the controversy surrounding Greene is an annoyance for the party, which is working to navigate Washington in its new minority status.
“It is a distraction. It’s something you don’t necessarily want to deal with, ”said Republican strategist Jay Williams.
Greene expressed his support for the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory and suggested that a series of school shootings and the 9/11 terrorist attacks were staged. The video appeared at the end of last month of Greene following and pestering Parkland survivor and activist David Hogg on Capitol Hill after the school shooting.
In addition, CNN discovered a series of Facebook posts last month that appeared to show that Greene expressed support for violence against Democrats before running for Congress. Greene called the network’s report a “hit piece”.
Despite the intense reaction against Greene by Democrats and some Republicans, McCarthy refused to withdraw Greene’s committee assignments during a closed-door Republican conference meeting on Wednesday.
The House voted 230-199 on Thursday to remove Greene from his committee assignments, with 11 Republicans joining Democratic ranks to take action against the first-term congresswoman.
Despite the small display of bipartisanship, most Republicans, including the Republican Party Liz Cheney
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Democrats were quick to reach Republicans after the vote, with Pelosi’s office issuing a statement with the headline “GOP quickly becoming GQP with strong support for Greene.”
The controversy seems to have cost Greene in the national favorability indices. A FiveThirtyEight poll released on Friday showed Greene with a favorable rating of 15 percent and 37 percent unfavorable.
But Greene is seen differently in the firmly conservative 14th Congressional District that she represents in Georgia. She took first place in the Republican primaries in June and defeated a Republican neurosurgeon in the second round by 14 points.
Republicans say the reaction against Greene may not hurt the party’s chances of winning the House back next year, which would only increase the gains made in 2020.
“That’s not how they see it,” said Kristol. “They won seats in 2020. They don’t think they are in bad shape.”
But others argue that Republicans have lost the main voting groups at the Senate level in states like Georgia as a result of conspiracy theories about the results of the presidential election.
“It was the crazy conspiracy theories that cost us the second round in Georgia, and Greene is not helping with that,” said a Republican strategist who works on Senate contests. “Look, it’s not a death sentence for Republicans. People are not going to base their vote entirely on a freshman. But candidates will be asked about it and it will not help ”.
Republicans say Greene lacks the power and influence to make an impact in Congress, adding that it is unlikely to be a major issue for candidates in 2022, given the nature of the ever-changing news cycle.
“They are trying to make it look like she is Kevin McCarthy. It’s not the same, ”said Williams. “She is not the spokesperson or minority leader. She is a freshman member.
“Two years ago we didn’t even have a coronavirus, man. It will be a totally different world [by the time the midterms come around], “he added.