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Rep. Jimmy Gomez drafts resolution to oust Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress

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The move by the California Democrat follows reports that the Georgia Republican had called for violence against political opponents and law enforcement officers.Rep. Jimmy Gomez wants Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene booted from Congress. | Erin Scott-Pool/Getty ImagesRep. Jimmy Gomez wants Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene booted from Congress.The California Democrat announced on Wednesday that he planned to introduce a resolution to oust the conspiracy-theory-peddling Republican from Georgia after recent news reports revealed that Greene had previously called for violence against Democrats on social media.A two-thirds majority is required to expel a member from the House, meaning Gomez’s resolution is almost certain to fail in a chamber where Democrats hold a razor-thin majority. Still, the measure is one of the starkest rebukes yet against the congresswoman, who has antagonized her peers by flouting coronavirus guidelines and has garnered national attention for engaging in the QAnon conspiracy theory. She has also, and was filmed spreading racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic from the leadership of her own party.examples of Greene’s past social media activity from as recently as 2019 that appeared to endorse executing Democrats and federal law enforcement officers. She was reported to have liked one comment that said “a bullet to the head would be quicker” to get rid of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.“Such advocacy for extremism and sedition not only demands her immediate expulsion from Congress, but it also merits strong and clear condemnation from all of her Republican colleagues, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,” Gomez said in a statement on Wednesday evening.He continued: “Her very presence in office represents a direct threat against the elected officials and staff who serve our government, and it is with their safety in mind, as well as the security of institutions and public servants across our country, that I call on my House colleagues to support my resolution to immediately remove Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from this legislative body.”In a statement to POLITICO Thursday morning, Greene said: “Democrats and their spokesmen in the Fake News Media will stop at nothing to defeat conservative Republicans.”In response to CNN’s reporting earlier this week, Greene a lengthy diatribe Tuesday where claimed that she’d had “teams of people” managing her social media accounts and that some posts “did not represent my views.” She then went on berate CNN as “Fake News.”Gomez had previously called for Greene’s removal from the House after a violent mob of rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 in a siege that resulted in the deaths of at least five people. Several rioters said they were motivated to attack by then-President Donald Trump’s monthslong campaign to discredit the results of the 2020 election. Greene, who is an ardent Trump supporter, went on to join the majority of the Republican caucus in voting to challenge the election results, even though election officials and courts across the country have refuted claims of widespread irregularities and fraud.CORRECTION: A previous version of this article mischaracterized Marjorie Taylor Greene’s reported social media activity.CORRECTION: A previous version of this article mischaracterized Marjorie Taylor Greene’s reported social media activity.

The move by the California Democrat follows reports that the Georgia Republican had called for violence against political opponents and law enforcement officers.Rep. Jimmy Gomez wants Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene booted from Congress. | Erin Scott-Pool/Getty ImagesRep. Jimmy Gomez wants Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene booted from Congress.The California Democrat announced on Wednesday that he planned to introduce a resolution to oust the conspiracy-theory-peddling Republican from Georgia after recent news reports revealed that Greene had previously called for violence against Democrats on social...

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Rep. Jimmy Gomez drafts resolution to oust Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress

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