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Source: The Hill | March 9, 2022 | Cristina Marcos

McCarthy: Greene, Gosar could still return to committees despite attending white nationalist event

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday said that GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.) will have their committee seats restored next year if Republicans win back the House despite their participation in a white nationalist conference last month.

McCarthy said that he has spoken with Greene in recent days but has yet to talk with Gosar after the two spoke at the America First Political Action Conference organized by white nationalist Nick Fuentes.

“She will not go again,” McCarthy said of Greene. 

“There’s no place for what has gone on with that organization by far, and there never will be in this party, and it will never be tolerated,” McCarthy said at a press conference in the Capitol. 

McCarthy pledged last fall to reinstate Greene and Gosar on House committees after Democrats — and a handful of Republicans — voted last year to take away their seats for promoting the idea of political violence.

And on Wednesday, he affirmed that hasn’t changed.

“They have the ability to be able to get committees based upon that time when it comes,” McCarthy said.

By contrast, McCarthy and his leadership team removed former Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) from committees in 2019 for questioning why the terms white nationalism and white supremacy were considered offensive. 

But now, McCarthy is eyeing the Speaker’s gavel as Republicans are favored to win the House majority in the November midterm elections, and the California lawmaker is trying to maintain an alliance with the far-right members of his conference who are close with former President Trump.

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  • Consistent March 9, 2022 at 4:53 pm #52513

    EVERYDAY March 9, 2022 at 6:07 pm #52515

    Apparently, McCarthy approves of their attendance at white nationalist events. Probably approves of their other bad behavior too.

    Well, fine. These things just make me more resolved not to vote Republican ever again. Seems the GOP is only interested in Trumpy voters anyway.

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