Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said at a Republican event that if she had organized the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol 'we would have won' and 'it would've been armed,' according to video from her appearance.
December 12, 2022, 1:18 PMJoe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE
In a statement on Monday, she said she was making a "sarcastic joke" and pushed back against criticism from the Biden administration. "Then Jan. 6 happens and next thing you know, I organized the whole thing along with Steve Bannon here," Greene said as attendees laughed. "And I will tell you something: If Steve Bannon and I had organized that, we would have won."
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