Dueling censure resolutions against two of the House's most outspoken lawmakers greeted Speaker Mike Johnson on his first full week running the chamber.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, late Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Dueling censure resolutions against two of the House’s most outspoken lawmakers greeted Speaker Mike Johnson on his first full week running the chamber.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s privileged resolution will force a vote on censuring Rep.
• Her comment after the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel in which Ms. Tlaib demanded that Israel’s blockade be lifted, the “occupation” be ended and the “apartheid system” be dismantled. The resolution accuses Ms. Greene of a raft of incendiary remarks, including several allegedly antisemitic comments. Ms. Greene was previously punished for the same remarks when the Democrat-run House in 2021 stripped her of committee assignments.
It accuses Ms. Greene of “repeatedly fanning the flames of racism, antisemitism, LGBTQ hate speech, Islamophobia, anti-Asian hate, xenophobia, and other forms of hatred.”• Ms. Greene “repeatedly debased” those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks by “perpetuating conspiracy theories.”
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