Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz on Tuesday condemned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's plan to kick Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar off their assigned committees.
requests to the Steering Committee to be reinstated on their committees this month, supported by Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
Incoming House Speaker Kevin McCarthy receives the gavel from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7, 2023., D-Calif., removed Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., from their committees after separate controversies involving each lawmaker. alongside images of Reps. Omar, Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. Greene has since renounced some of the conspiracy theories she once espoused. and stripped of his committee assignments after posting a video of an animated cartoon that showed him killing Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden.
"It does not serve as precedent or justification for the removal of Reps. Schiff and Swalwell, given that they have never exhibited violent thoughts or behavior," Jeffries said.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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