U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (D-Mass.) received a standing ovation from some of her colleagues during a heated closed-door Republican meeting when she apologized for her controversial past comments and her endorsement of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
The Hill newspaper quoted two sources present as saying Green told her colleagues that her curiosity about conspiracy theories was a mistake and that she had told her children that she had learned a lesson about what to put on social media.
She denied that she knew anything about Jewish space lasers (QAnon believes that the 2018 California fires were sparked by a space laser controlled by a Jewish Family) and tried to explain that she had said it was inappropriate to say that the school shooting was a prank when she herself had experienced a school shooting firsthand.
Green also said that while she apologized, she believed that nothing she said herself would be enough to satisfy the media or Democrats.
At the end of her remarks, some caucus members stood and applauded.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) statement Wednesday unequivocally condemned Green’s inappropriate comments before he became a House member, but declined to take disciplinary action against Green.
McCarthy and members of the Republican caucus met with Green on Tuesday (2), and during the meeting, McCarthy told members he did not want to remove Green from her committee seat, according to a source present.
Several media outlets previously dug up past comments by Greene on social media supporting QAnon conspiracy theories.
The reports have led many Republicans to criticize Greene and have allowed Democrats to find a way to put further pressure on Republicans. At one point, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) crossed out McCarthy’s Republican leadership (GOP) in an official statement and replaced it with Qann.
Democrats have tried to tie the Republican Party to Greene and the most ridiculous statements Greene has ever made. Pelosi’s office released a blistering statement earlier Wednesday that mocked McCarthy’s cowardice and implied he was the QAnon leader.
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