Meghan McCain is urging GOP to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from commission

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‘You know me, I know you. I’m not like Marjorie Taylor Greene. I’m a Republican, ”McCain told the day panel on Monday. “I don’t believe in Birtherism. I don’t believe in the Confederate flag … but as long as it’s Marjorie Taylor Greene [that remains in the news,] people like me don’t matter anymore. ”

McCain said Greene’s recent controversial statements “are giving the media and the public exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time” on “a silver platter.”

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“She’s quite boisterous and embarrassing and ineffective,” said McCain. “I really think she should be removed from any appointments she had, especially education.”

Greene has sparked controversy during her candidacy, as well as in the week after a video surfaced showing how she described David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland, Florida shooting, calling him a “coward” called. She also faced more criticism over the past week after online reports from 2018 and 2019 showed that she supported the execution of prominent Democrats, including Speaker. Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiBiden met GOP senators on Monday over coronavirus relief Portman says the Republican leadership “should stand up” against Greene’s comments. Congressional Democrats are on the wrong side of impeachment politics MORE (D-Calif.).

An assistant to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Called Greene’s comments “deeply troubling” and said the leader will be speaking to her this week.

Some Democrats have called for Greene to be removed from Congress.

Representative Cori Bush (D-Mo.) Said she moved her office on Capitol Hill to be further away from Greene, and said she feared for her safety after accusing Greene and her staff of taking her out in a hallway. to scold.

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