The White House lashed out at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday for saying the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol would have been armed and successful if she planned it, arguing her rhetoric is violent.
Greene on Saturday appeared to hit back at claims that she and former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon were involved in planning the Jan. 6 riots.
“And I will tell you something, if Steve Bannon and I had organized that, we would have won. Not to mention, it would’ve been armed,” she said at a gala for the New York Young Republicans Club on Saturday.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates released a statement saying that all leaders have a responsibility to condemn her remarks, calling them dangerous and abhorrent.
“It goes against our fundamental values as a country for a Member of Congress to wish that the carnage of January 6th had been even worse, and to boast that she would have succeeded in an armed insurrection against the United States government,” Bates said.
“This violent rhetoric is a slap in the face to the Capitol Police, the DC Metropolitan Police, the National Guard, and the families who lost loved ones as a result of the attack on the Capitol,” he added.
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White House lashes out at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Jan. 6 remarks https://t.co/KortABR7L5 pic.twitter.com/L8Ust4AD8b
— The Hill (@thehill) December 12, 2022
Like a Confederate army reunion where decrepit old secessionists get drunk together and blame Longstreet for the defeat at Gettysburg. https://t.co/dx7uN36mvi
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 11, 2022
Every media member needs to not let @GOPLeader McCarthy, or @EliseStefanik answer anything else until they address this comment. They are trying to stay quiet until the leadership vote.
Quick aside, MTG and Bannon would have gotten crushed. Trust me. Right @libradunn? https://t.co/He2RQYXiWY
— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger) December 12, 2022
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