Her mouth just won’t stop….
And she is NOT on the same page as party members on several things….
Even her fellow Hill conservatives appear unwilling to join Marjorie Taylor Greene in defending the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking a trove of classified documents related to the Ukraine war and other national security matters.
Greene drew an early jab from within the GOP for downplaying the severity of 21-year-old Jack Teixeira’s alleged leak of classified information through the gamer-friendly platform Discord. While Fox News’ Tucker Carlson joined her in expressing sympathy for Teixeira, the Georgia Republican hasn’t gotten any backup so far from Capitol Hill’s right flank, a group that has been plenty skeptical about continuing unabated U.S. aid to Ukraine.
The leaker’s actions were “a crime,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who opposed a multi-billion-dollar Ukraine aid package last year, said in an interview. “I just think that that’s wrong.”….
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Democrats twice sought to strike remarks from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) during a Tuesday hearing, with the House Homeland Security Committee failing to reprimand her for accusing a colleague of an extramarital affair while agreeing to withdraw her comments accusing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of being a liar.
It was a rare instance of Republicans agreeing to block Greene from speaking, an action Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) seemed to do unknowingly, appearing not to immediately realize a move to “take down” her comments versus striking them from the record terminates rights to speak in the hearing….
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The silencing of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after she called Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a liar in a hearing has led to a pledge for a more civil House Homeland Security Committee going forward — a standard lawmakers may struggle to meet as they gear up for the secretary’s impeachment..
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