Since the Republicans, led by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, wouldn’t strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments, the Democrats forced a vote Thursday afternoon. In the end, every Democrat voted to remove her with 11 Republicans voting yes, which was more than expected.
House votes 230-199 to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments.
11 Republicans vote yes:
Carlos Gimenez
Mark Jacobs
John Katko
Young Kim
Adam Kinzinger
Nicole Malliotakis
Maria Elvira Salazar
Mario Diaz-Balart
Chris Smith
Fred Upton
Brian Fitzpatrick pic.twitter.com/GWb64PTmPh— The Recount (@therecount) February 4, 2021
shows how utterly weak McCarthy is – 11 of his members make a run for sanity…
— Jennifer 'America is Back' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 4, 2021
Rep. Jahana Hayes was in the chair to announce the vote tally on the Marjorie Taylor Greene resolution. Hayes represents Newtown, CT. @NBCNews
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 5, 2021
In a powerful moment right before the vote, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer walked a sign over to the GOP side of the aisle to show Republicans a sign showing an implied threat from Greene against three Congresswomen (watch above).
“They’re not the Squad. They’re Ilhan. They’re Alexandria. And they’re Rashida. They are people. They’re our colleagues… and this is an AR-15 in the hands of Ms. Greene. This was on Facebook just a few months ago… These are clear threats to commit or incite political violence. Not from years ago, but just months ago.
Since @GOPLeader and House GOP Caucus are fond of saying that government should be run more like a business, I want to point out that any business would immediately fire an employee for threatening mass workplace violence. https://t.co/D1I5oN9zTa
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 4, 2021
On the other side of the aisle, McCarthy doubled down on his support for Greene.
Kevin McCarthy on Democratic measure to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene from her spots: “This resolution sets a dangerous new standard that will only deepen divisions within this House.” Says he condemns Greene’s past comments
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 4, 2021
