Tag Archives: Marjorie Taylor Greene

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams The U.S. House of Representatives started a two-week recess on Friday, but not before a series of events that provoked fresh declarations of what has become a familiar phrase over the past few years: “Republicans in disarray.” Before leaving Capitol Hill, House members passed a spending …

Jimmy Williams In a recent development, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia has urged an investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. This call for investigation comes amid claims that Willis, who is prosecuting charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, has violated state …

Jon King, Michigan Advance U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) has fired back against a censure resolution introduced by Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Greene, in remarks on the House floor Thursday. accused Tlaib, among other things, of “antisemitic activity, sympathizing with terrorist organizations, and leading an insurrection at …

The House Freedom Caucus recently voted to remove Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from their pro-Trump group. A member of the caucus confirmed this decision, stating that Greene’s conflict with Representative Lauren Boebert played a role in their reasoning. “A vote was taken to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House …

Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot, and idiots, as a rule, aren’t interesting people. They aren’t interesting because their idiocy overshadows all other aspects of their personality. Greene is more an exemplar of that rule than an exception to it. Nonetheless, in their wisdom, the voters …

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) “called for the U.S. to be separated by red and blue states and for a shrinking of the federal government in a tweet on President’s Day, the latest in a string of controversial statements from the two-term congresswoman,” NBC News reports. Said Greene on Twitter: …

Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder With Republicans regaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives, controversial Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has had her committee privileges restored after Democrats stripped them in early 2021. Greene has been tapped for the House Homeland Security Committee, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday. She has …

A pair of progressive advocacy groups launched a petition on Friday to pressure the U.S. House of Representatives not to seat returning members who supported the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. The petition, led by Free Speech for People and MoveOn, takes aim at three Republican members of …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Conservative Republicans gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to commit to bringing legislation to the floor that would make it a felony to perform gender-affirming care on transgender youth, should the GOP take control of the U.S. House following the November midterm elections. “How on …

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder May 17, 2022 With just over a week to go before Election Day, a group of voters in Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Northwest Georgia district has renewed its challenge of her candidacy. The voters claim Greene should be ineligible under the 14th Amendment because they …

A Georgia judge on Friday ruled that GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene can stay on the ballot for the state’s 14th Congressional District following a challenge to her reelection candidacy. A group of Georgia voters had argued that Greene was not eligible to run for reelection under the “disqualification clause” …

by Ross Williams, Florida Phoenix April 24, 2022 Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene took the stand Friday in an at-times raucous court hearing that incorporated a history lesson on the Whiskey rebellion and a stirring speech from a president fighting off an extraterrestrial invasion. Greene was in the hot seat because …

by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder April 8, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress last week voted overwhelmingly to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and reinforce a ban on Russian oil imports, following weeks of back-and-forth negotiations over the specifics. Senators in a pair of rare 100-0 votes agreed to …

A group of Georgia voters filed a legal challenge on Thursday to Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s candidacy for re-election in 2022. The challenge, filed with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, alleges that Greene is constitutionally disqualified from public office under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, on …

Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing calls to be expelled from Congress after she spoke at a white nationalist conference on Friday night. Greene spoke at the America First Political Action Committee‘s conference, an event organized by Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist who has been labeled a white supremacist …