Sen. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyLeave the GOP After 46 years and feeling ‘politically homeless’, Olympic advertisers fade amid the rise in Japanese coronavirus: report Gaetz takes aim at Cheney at a demonstration in his home state MORE (R-Utah) on Saturday, spread the word that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had spoken by phone to the former President Trump
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“Equal lies are mixed: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s nonsense and the ‘big lie’ of a stolen election,” said Romney.
Equal lies are mixed: the nonsense of Marjorie Taylor Greene and the “big lie” of a stolen election. https://t.co/ID4QL2ZPEV
– Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) January 30, 2021
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Romney was quick to condemn Trump and his baseless allegations of widespread electoral fraud. He was the only Republican senator who voted to condemn Trump during his first impeachment trial last year.
Her tweet on Saturday came in response to messages posted by Greene in which she said she had a “GREAT” phone call with Trump while rejecting criticism from other members of Congress.
Greene tweeted after the call with Trump that she is “very grateful for your support”.
I had a great connection with my favorite POTUS of all time, President Trump!
I am very grateful for his support and, most importantly, the people of this country are absolutely 100% loyal to him, because he is 100% loyal to the people and America First.
Continued …
– Marjorie Taylor Greene (@mtgreenee) January 30, 2021
Members of both parties condemned Greene for selling conspiracy theories and supporting Facebook posts before taking office that called for violence against Democrats.
Democrats began to push for hearings to remove Greene from the House.