Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was once shunned for her extremist rhetoric. Now she is poised to become an influential player if Republicans win control of the House in November. Among her top priorities: Impeach Joe Biden.
a few months later for comparing mandatory COVID-19 face masks to the treatment of Jewish people by Nazi Germany.
In many ways, Greene’s arrival in the House traces the arc of the Republican Party’s rightward evolution from the Newt Gingrich revolution that brought conservatives to power in the 1994 election, to the “tea party” Republicans that regained the House majority in 2010.Jack Kingston, a former Republican congressman who rose during those earlier eras, said McCarthy was smart in welcoming Greene to unfurl the House GOP’s “Commitment to America” last month.
Last month, Greene unveiled legislation that is another priority — her bill to prohibit some gender reassignment procedures on minors — flanked by a dozen Republican lawmakers and leaders in the conservative movement. Many of them praised the congresswoman for her work.
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