Dems to deliver GOP ultimatum over Marjorie Taylor Greene

Source: Politico | February 1, 2021 | Heather Caygle, Sarah Ferris and Melanie Zanona

They’re moving to strip the controversial Republican of her committee assignments.

Top House Democrats are moving to force Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off multiple committees this week — with or without Kevin McCarthy’s help.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is planning to deliver an ultimatum to McCarthy this week: Either Republicans move on their own to strip Greene (R-Ga.) of her committee assignments within 72 hours, or Democrats will bring the issue to the House floor.

The Democrats’ move comes amid intense fury within the Democratic Caucus over Greene’s long record of incendiary rhetoric, including peddling conspiracy theories that the nation’s deadliest mass shootings were staged. Greene also endorsed violence against Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats before she was elected to Congress.

Last week, Greene was officially awarded seats on the House Education and Labor Committee and the House Budget Committee.

Republicans, meanwhile, have been slow to act, with McCarthy saying only he’s planning to have a “conversation” with Greene about the mounting controversies sometime this week. And Greene has shown zero contrition for her past actions, tweeting over the weekend that she will “never apologize.”

The precise path that Democrats would take to remove Greene from those committees is not yet determined, but party leaders have several options.

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