Republican State Representative of Georgia Marjorie Taylor Green Once said the Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Tell her that she will regain the task of the committee if Republicans Win back to the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections.
Green told reporters outside the Capitol on Wednesday: “Of course, I have had a dialogue on this, I promise to get committees, and there is no reason why I shouldn’t have them.” “Kevin McCarthy told me, Steve Scarliss Tell me, everyone tells me.”
“Of course, I will regain the task of the committee, and I will get a better task than I started,” she continued.
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In early February, the Democratic-led House of Representatives Vote to strip Green of all committee seats Because she used to support extremist conspiracy theories on social media. Every Democratic House member and 11 Republican members voted to remove her from the committee.
In Green’s past social media comments, she advocated the use of violence against the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi And the former president Barack Obama, Said the plane will never hit Pentagon In the September 11 terrorist attack, a space laser allegedly ignited a wildfire in California to benefit a Jewish bank and accused the former secretary of state Hillary Clinton of Cut off the child’s face and put it on And many other conspiracy theories.
At the time, Green accused the “cancellation of culture” of encouraging public commotion over her social media posts.
After being stripped of committee positions, Green said that her removal allowed her to build a political network to support the former president of the Republican Party. Donald Trump And pushed the Republicans in Congress to turn further to the right, Washington post Report.
“Looking forward, I have been released,” she said. “I have a lot of free time, which means I can talk to more people in this country and… make connections and build a lot of support.”
Green added: “I will hold the Republicans accountable and push them to turn to the right.”
As for McCarthy’s so-called promise to Green, there are several signs that Republicans may perform well in the 2022 midterm elections.
The party that controls the White House often suffers mid-term losses. The Democratic president Joe Bidenof Friendship is at its lowest pointThe Republicans also recently won the governor’s election in Virginia, which is considered a weather vane of voter sentiment in the midterms.
If the Republicans really regain a majority in the House of Representatives, McCarthy will have to balance the aspirations of the extreme right and the moderates in his party.
For example, Green has promoted Deprive 13 Republicans of committee tasks Last week voted for Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill. Green called these Republicans “traitors.” However, 13 Republicans defended their votes by saying that their votes were good for their voters.
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