<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-interview-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-hasnt-changed-the-party-has" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> complained on Twitter of being harassed at a restaurant Monday night by a pair of fellow diners who &#8220;turned into demons,&#8221; in the latest example of conservatives being hounded in public by angry leftists.
The Georgia Republican did not offer details about the confrontation, other than that her tormenters were a woman and her adult son who apparently didn&#8217;t like her politics. Greene said the duo screamed at her inside the eatery while she talked with members of her staff.
&#8220;They had no respect for the restaurant or the staff or the other people dining or people like me who simply have different political views,&#8221; Greene wrote. &#8220;They are self righteous, insane, and completely out of control. I was sitting at my table, working with my staff, and never even noticed these people until they turned into demons.&#8221;
Although it was not known if the incident occurred in Washington, Greene&#8217;s home district in Georgia, or some other location, it brought to mind several similar confrontations involving Republicans.
In June of 2018, then-White House Press Secretary Sara Huckabee Sanders was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/listen-sarah-sanders-family-harassed-much-worse-amanda-prestigiacomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kicked out of a Virginia restaurant</a> because the owner didn&#8217;t like her politics. The same year, then-<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sarah-huckabee-sanders-will-receive-secret-service-emily-zanotti" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was harassed</a> while she ate at a Washington restaurant. In July of last year, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-with-abortion-beef-force-kavanaugh-out-back-door-of-swanky-steakhouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">harassed in a Washington steakhouse</a> by an angry liberal mob.
&#8220;People used to respect others even if they had different views,&#8221; Greene wrote. &#8220;But not anymore. Our country is gone.&#8221;
Last week, Greene suggested it is time for America to have a &#8220;national divorce,&#8221; given the deep divide between conservatives and liberals.
&#8220;We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this,” Greene wrote in a President&#8217;s Day tweet. “From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat&#8217;s traitorous America Last policies, we are done.”
The 48-year-old lawmaker later clarified that a “national divorce” would not mean “civil war.”
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House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) on Thursday defended the police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/capitol-riot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6 Capitol riot</a>, saying that the officer was just doing his job. 
McCarthy’s comments came as he was asked to respond to statements from Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marjorie-taylor-greene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> (R-GA), who has said that Babbitt was murdered while inside the Capitol during the January 6 riot. 
“I think the police officer did his job,” McCarthy <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3841974-mccarthy-breaks-with-greene-on-death-of-ashli-babbitt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a briefing with reporters. 
The officer in question, Lt. Michael Byrd, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/capitol-police-arrest-ashli-babbitts-mother-on-two-year-anniversary-of-riot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot Babbitt</a> as she tried to make her way through a broken window of a barricaded door near the Speaker’s Lobby, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/01/08/ashli-babbitt-shooting-video-capitol/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as shown in video clips</a>. Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-during-capitol-riot-breaks-silence-n1277736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unarmed</a>. 
The Justice Department <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/department-justice-closes-investigation-death-ashli-babbitt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused to pursue criminal charges,</a> and the Capitol Police <a href="https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/uscp-completes-internal-investigation-january-6-officer-involved" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declined to take disciplinary action</a> in connection to the incident. &#8220;The investigation revealed no evidence to establish that, at the time the officer fired a single shot at Ms. Babbitt, the officer did not reasonably believe that it was necessary to do so in self-defense or in defense of the Members of Congress and others evacuating the House Chamber,” the DOJ <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ashli-babbitt-murdered-michael-byrd-kevin-mccarthy-jan6-1778751" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
Byrd said that his actions on January 6 saved “countless lives” and that he only fired his weapon as a “last resort.” 
McCarthy’s comments differ from Greene and some other Republicans who have demanded that Byrd face legal consequences. “There’s a woman in this room whose daughter was murdered on January 6, Ashli Babbitt. And Ashli Babbitt has, there’s never been a trial. As a matter of fact, no one has cared about the person that shot and killed her and no one in this Congress has really addressed that issue,” Greene said during a meeting of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Tuesday.
Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> also weighed in on the issue, saying on Truth Social that he disagreed with McCarthy. 
“I totally disagree with the Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, in that the Police Officer &#8216;Thug,&#8217; who has had a very checkered past to begin with, was not just &#8216;doing his job&#8217; when he shot and killed Great Patriot Ashli Babbitt at point blank range,” Trump said. 
“Despite trying to keep him anonymous, shielded, and protected, this MISFIT proudly showed up on NBC Fake Nightly News &#8216;bragging&#8217; about the killing. He was not a hero but a COWARD, who wanted to show how tough he was. ASHLI BABBITT WAS MURDERED!!!&#8221; he added. 
Ashli Babbitt’s mother was arrested last month during a demonstration at the Capitol for allegedly blocking and obstructing a roadway but later released after the charges were dropped.

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As Marjorie Taylor Greene traded whispers on the House floor with the most powerful man in the chamber earlier this month, the headlines turned apoplectic.
The Georgia congresswoman’s close alliance with Kevin McCarthy was on full display during his chaotic fight to become House speaker, a fight he ultimately won, in part thanks to Greene vouching for his conservative credentials. Pundits immediately began <a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/the-normalization-of-marjorie-taylor-greene/?itm_source=parsely-api">gesticulating</a> about the “normalization” of the so-called “<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-suspended-from-twitter">QAnon congresswoman</a>,” known by her fans and critics alike by just her initials, “MTG,” and her unapologetically America First brand.
Proximity to power is a new look for Greene, who was <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/02/04/963785609/house-to-vote-on-stripping-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-from-2-key-committees">kicked off</a> her committees by Democrats shortly after she took office and shunned as a pariah by leadership during her first term. She has since <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/04/marjorie-taylor-greene-regret-qanon-conspiracy-claims.html">distanced</a> herself from her most controversial comments, but that has not stopped her critics from insisting she is dangerous.
Now, Greene appears poised to be a potent influence on the GOP agenda in the House, fueling speculation she is rebranding into a sanitized, more palatable version of herself.
In an interview at her Washington, D.C. office last week, Greene bristled at the suggestion she has changed.
“Nothing changed about me and didn’t need to change,” Greene said, sporting jeans as she sat opposite a wall covered nearly to the ceiling in framed photos of her family. “I haven’t changed my views. I haven’t changed my political positions.”
It&#8217;s the party that has changed, she said.
“What has changed is the Republican Party has been pushed to the right. The Republican Party has been pushed to be more America First,” Greene said.
Greene said she has tried to “constantly echo” the concerns of “Mr. and Mrs. American, regular Americans,” who have been “totally neglected” in Washington. She has done this in public and private, from floor speeches to conference meetings to private meetings with McCarthy and others in leadership, she said.
“So if there&#8217;s anything that has changed, I think the Republican Party cares more about Americans, and they need to continue to do that,” she said.
As for her critics, “people were lying about me. They lied about a lot,” she said. “The media has lied about me extensively and called me horrific names that don’t reflect who I am.”
Her staunch support for McCarthy through the House speaker fight was both pragmatic and principled, she said.
“I don’t pick a fake fight, and that was a fake fight,” Greene said. 
Greene whipped votes for McCarthy as he frantically tried to quell an internal rebellion from a group of her fellow Freedom Caucus members, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).
Eventually, McCarthy was successfully installed as speaker after 15 votes over four days when the insurgents finally relented, but not before he agreed to several concessions. One was a rules change called “motion to vacate the chair,” meaning one member can effectively force a vote to remove McCarthy as speaker at any point. Other concessions included an end to COVID mandates and funding, a committee to investigate the FBI’s alleged weaponization against its political enemies, more single-subject bills, and a promise not to increase the debt ceiling in the next federal budget.
Greene insists the much-touted concessions changed little, and said Gaetz and company exaggerated their significance.
“Don’t lie to make yourself look like you’re conservative or make yourself look anti-establishment when you’re not changing anything,” she said.
Republicans simply do not have enough conservatives to elect someone like McCarthy’s challenger Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ), the chairman of the Freedom Caucus, Greene said.
“I dream of a conservative speaker too. It’s just impossible to get one,” she said, adding that McCarthy is “willing to listen” and “willing to fight” on conservative agenda items.
Meanwhile, there was a danger during the speaker fight that Democrats would band together with moderate Republicans to choose their own speaker, Greene said. She overheard Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) sitting behind her discussing their lists of names and how to get to 218 votes, the threshold for a speaker to be elected, she said.
“It was literally happening. It was happening,” Greene said.
However, her support for McCarthy does not mean she will “line up with leadership all the time” or “fight the Freedom Caucus” from now on, she assured.
“No, that&#8217;s not the case,” Greene said. “My voting record will still be the same. I still support the same views and values, and I&#8217;m gonna continue to fight on those things. I&#8217;m just not willing to do it for no reason, just to look tough or look a certain way in the public eye.”
In the meantime, it feels good to finally have a Republican majority in the House, she said.
“I’ve been comparing it to the land of Narnia, when the ice queen, all the ice melted, and everything turned green again, and she was no longer in power,” Greene quipped.
However, she cautioned that she is not more optimistic than two years ago since Republicans are still hamstrung in the Senate and White House.
“I’m pretty grounded in my thinking,” she said. “We have to move the ball down the field. But I don’t think we’ll be scoring any major touchdowns these two years.”
Nevertheless, Greene’s critics are spinning over her new spots on the House Oversight and Homeland Security Committees.
She is particularly eager to get started on the Oversight committee, where she anticipates investigating Hunter Biden’s laptop, specifically the president’s son’s bank records, which <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/gop-treasury-still-blocking-access-suspicious-hunter-biden-transactions">allegedly</a> show suspicious transfers of funds that were flagged by U.S. banks. Greene thinks these alleged suspicious transfers could potentially implicate President Biden in Hunter’s foreign business dealings.
She will also sit on Oversight’s COVID select subcommittee, which she says will investigate the origins of COVID and the roles of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the National Institute of Health, the CDC, and the FDA in the pandemic response.
“We have a lot to investigate, and we need more than two years,” Greene said.
House Republicans have a packed agenda for legislation as well as investigations over the next two years. On the table is the budget, including potentially <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3807328-gop-battles-with-itself-over-possibility-of-defense-cuts/">slashing</a> funding for the Department of Defense to start whittling down the country’s $32 trillion debt. Since the speaker fight, House Republicans have already passed a bill nixing $71 billion in funding for the IRS. They have also passed two abortion-related measures, one condemning the recent physical attacks on crisis pregnancy centers and another that would send doctors to prison for up to five years if they refuse to care for an infant born alive after an abortion attempt.
Although House Republicans will struggle to get their bills approved by the Democrat-controlled Senate, Greene intends to get her gender identity bill passed in the House in the next two years. The bill would <a href="https://newjerseymonitor.com/2022/09/20/marjorie-taylor-greene-leads-gop-drive-to-criminalize-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-youth/">make it</a> a felony to perform so-called “gender-affirming care” on minors.
The harms of gender ideology on children are “on par with abortion,” she said, and should be “number one.” 
“Abortion is such a lie to women that you can kill this baby in your womb and make your dreams and goals come true,” she said. “But this gender lie, this attack on God&#8217;s creation is so destructive to a child&#8217;s development and how they see themself that it’s literally the same type of thing.”
For nearly two years, Greene has displayed a sign outside her office that reads, “There are TWO genders: male and female. Trust the science!”
“I told my staff it’s never coming down,” she said.
Beyond this Congress, Republicans need total control of both chambers and the White House to effect significant change, Greene said. Greene has already endorsed former president Trump for a second term in 2024, and she would love to see him “finish out what he started.” To win again though, Trump will need to “capture the spirit of 2016 but also move forward with the issues today,” Greene said.
“He came into this town not knowing who the bad actors were, but he has a list of them now, and I&#8217;d love to see him clean house,” she said. “I think anybody counting President Trump out is totally reading it wrong just like they read it wrong in 2015.”
As for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, seen as Trump’s strongest potential challenger for the Republican nomination, Greene said he should stay governor for “as long as possible” since he is an excellent example to other Republican governors on how to keep their states “safe” and “great places for conservative Americans to live.”
If Greene’s vision of a unified Republican government materializes in 2024, the party will have a long list of agenda items as it tries to make up for lost time under Biden. 
If her bond with leadership has staying power until then, MTG could find herself a VIP.

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Exclusive Interview: Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Hasn’t Changed, The Party Has

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Hasn’t Changed, The Party Has

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Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) told radio host Dana Loesch what was said behind closed doors when she and Congresswoman <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/mtg-unloads-on-lauren-boebert-shes-nothing-but-drama-not-serious-does-not-show-leadership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> had a run-in while in the Congressional ladies&#8217; room.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/get-real-msnbcs-ruhle-wants-to-know-why-lauren-boebert-cant-be-more-like-marjorie-taylor-greene/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boebert</a> spoke to Loesch on her radio show this week, and she detailed the conversation — which took place during the fight over whether or not Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) would become Speaker of the House.
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&#8220;Just going to ask you right out of the gate, what the hell goes on in the ladies’ bathroom?&#8221; Loesch asked, prompting laughter from Boebert.
&#8220;Okay. So I actually kind of love that that story came out because of how I was quoted. So, yeah, I mean, we’re talking in the <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-and-lauren-boebert-threw-down-in-a-bathroom-screaming-match-over-mccarthy-per-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">congressional ladies’ bathroom</a>. I’m there with Anna Paulina Luna, and, you know, people are upset about what’s going on in the Speaker’s race,&#8221; Boebert explained, noting that the negotiations had already been going on for a couple of days and there were some who were angry about that.
&#8220;We hadn’t received the concessions that we wanted,&#8221; Boebert continued, adding that up until that point, even though people had certainly had their disagreements about the issues, they had been professional and polite to each other when discussing the situation.
Greene, Boebert said, took a different approach: &#8220;And my colleague from Georgia, the gentlewoman from Georgia, came up and started, you know, being kind of nasty about it. And no one else had been nasty about it. Everyone had been very professional.&#8221;
Boebert went on to say that she had seen a very different Congress in those few days, saying that people on both sides of the aisle were having productive conversations and debates.
&#8220;It was the most organized I have seen Congress since I’ve been there in two years,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Relationships were being built and strengthened on both sides of the aisle. It was incredible. And so when she started going after me, I looked at her and said, ‘Don’t be ugly.’”
Loesch pressed a bit then, noting that up until the battle to elect McCarthy Speaker, everyone had believed Boebert and Greene to be friends — but Boebert made it clear that wasn&#8217;t necessarily the case.
&#8220;I think the media saw two women in Congress, you know, there was there was nothing against her. We travel in the same circles, have the same policy views on a lot of things, not everything, but on many things,&#8221; Boebert replied, adding, &#8220;But yeah I looked at her, said, I don’t have time for this. I said, ‘Don’t be ugly.’ And that’s something that my granny used to say to me when I was being a brat.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s like the most inoffensive thing you could say,&#8221; Loesch said.
&#8220;She said, she said, ‘Don’t be ugly.’ Granny. Granny told me that a lot, though,&#8221; Boebert laughed.
&#8220;It’s like sounds like a very, a Coloradoan version of ‘Bless your Heart,’ right?&#8221; Loesch observed.

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Lauren Boebert Tells Dana Loesch What She Said To Marjorie Taylor Greene In The Congressional Ladies’ Room

Lauren Boebert Tells Dana Loesch What She Said To Marjorie Taylor Greene In The Congressional Ladies' Room

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marjorie-taylor-greene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> (R-GA) slammed Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matt-gaetz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Gaetz</a> (R-FL) online following the drama that unfolded earlier this month during the battle for who would be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The remarks from Greene come as the 48-year-old lawmaker has undergone an aggressive rebranding following her chaotic first days in office.
Greene&#8217;s efforts have resulted in her breaking away from the fringes of the party and becoming more of a team player, which has elevated her profile in the Republican Party.
Gaetz congratulated Greene for gaining spots on key committees after Democrats forced her off her committee assignments during her first term in Congress.
&#8220;Bravo @mtgreenee!&#8221; Gaetz tweeted. &#8220;She’s going to do amazing work for the people on these key committees she has EARNED. &#8216;Rep. MTG of Gerogia is back on committee assignments now that Republicans have retaken the House and the Rep. Gaetz-led revolt has put some steel in McCarthy’s spine.’”
Greene responded, &#8220;Thanks to @SpeakerMcCarthy &amp; Steering for voting me on the committees I requested on the submission form most of us filled out.&#8221;
&#8220;Too bad we’re weeks behind after you spent a week only getting MTV from 5 to 1,&#8221; Greene continued. &#8220;As the leading MAGA voice in Congress, I look forward to committees.&#8221;
MTV stands for “<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-of-the-house-ousted-motion-to-vacate-rcna64902" target="_blank" rel="noopener">motion to vacate</a>.” It previously took multiple members of Congress to bring forward a motion to vote on the ousting of the Speaker of the House, but now it will only take a single member. According to NBC News, “The threshold for bringing a motion to vacate stayed at just a single member of Congress until 2019 when Democrats took the majority,” and raised the threshold.
Gaetz seemed stunned by Greene&#8217;s response, writing: &#8220;Well, we got a few other things but I’m thrilled the MTV is back to the pre-Pelosi standard. Totally worth it!&#8221;
&#8220;We the People will be in better hands with MTG holding the corrupt Biden Admin accountable via committee service,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I’m so here for it.&#8221;
&#8220;The rules package did not change at all from Jan 1st to Jan 6th, except MTV went from 5 to 1,&#8221; Greene responded. &#8220;Literally anyone can read them online and see that. All substantial negotiations happened in conference &amp; 5 families meetings before the 15 ballots starting on Jan 3rd.&#8221;
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Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerMcCarthy</a> &amp; Steering for voting me on the committees I requested on the submission form most of us filled out.
Too bad we’re weeks behind after you spent a week only getting MTV from 5 to 1.
As the leading MAGA voice in Congress, I look forward to committees. <a href="https://t.co/2dOYSPu2NK">https://t.co/2dOYSPu2NK</a>
&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1615775969087823877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The rules package did not change at all from Jan 1st to Jan 6th, except MTV went from 5 to 1. Literally anyone can read them online and see that. All substantial negotiations happened in conference &amp; 5 families meetings before the 15 ballots starting on Jan 3rd.
&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1615786000604610575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is set to get new committee positions, marking a comeback after the House voted in the last session of Congress to remove her assignments over a series of inflammatory statements.
The House GOP Steering Committee voted on Tuesday to give Greene a seat on the House Homeland Security Committee, which has oversight of the Homeland Security Department, as well as on the powerful House Oversight Committee, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3816612-marjorie-taylor-greene-paul-gosar-get-committee-assignments-back/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Hill</a>.
The GOP steering panel <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3816612-marjorie-taylor-greene-paul-gosar-get-committee-assignments-back/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">of around 30 members</a> also elected to return Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), who was <a href="https://www.axios.com/2021/11/17/paul-gosar-censured-house-violent-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censured and lost his committee assignments</a> over a controversial video he shared on social media, to his former perch on the House Natural Resources Committee and Oversight Committee.
These assignments still need to be approved by the entire House GOP conference. CNN&#8217;s Melanie Zanona <a href="https://twitter.com/MZanona/status/1615406024848216069" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stressed the conference typically approves</a> steering committee recommendations. If confirmed to the Oversight Committee, Greene and Gosar will join Chairman James Comer (R-KY), who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-gop-committee-chairman-to-treasury-hand-over-info-on-biden-family-business-deals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">begun inquiries</a> in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-accuses-republicans-of-playing-politics-over-classified-docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">various controversies</a> surrounding President Joe Biden.
The last session of Congress was Greene&#8217;s freshman term. She quickly established herself as a conservative firebrand and staunch ally of former President Donald Trump.
In February 2021, the Democrat-led House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marjorie-greene-removed-from-committees-multiple-republicans-vote-to-remove-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted to strip Greene of her assignments</a> on the Budget Committee and the Committee on Education and Labor over statements that preceded her time in Congress regarding such things as QAnon and school shootings. Eleven Republicans joined with Democrats in voting to pass the resolution.
“These were words of the past, and these things do not represent me, they do not represent my district, and they do not represent my values,” Greene said right before the vote.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) released a statement at the time condemning Democrats for making a &#8220;partisan power grab regarding the committee assignments of the other party,&#8221; but he also said he condemned Greene&#8217;s past comments and met with the congresswoman to make it &#8220;clear&#8221; where the House Republican Conference stood in the matter.
As time passed, McCarthy said Greene and Gosar would be given new committee seats if Republicans won back the house in the 2022 midterm elections. In the weeks leading up to the vote for speaker, Greene emerged as a supporter of McCarthy in his quest for the gavel. “I’ve asked for committee positions, but I’m not doing it with a guaranteed deal,” <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/12/09/marjorie-taylor-greene-maga-congress-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">she told Axios</a>.
The Daily Wire reached out to Greene&#8217;s office for comment on her new assignments.
As Greene and Gosar are poised to make a return to committee roles, McCarthy has<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-bounces-dems-swalwell-schiff-omar-from-key-house-committees" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> indicated he plans to make good on a promise</a> to bump three high-profile Democrats — Reps. Adam Schiff (CA), Eric Swalwell (CA), and Ilhan Omar (MN) — from perches on key committees.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Set To Make Comeback With New Committee Assignments

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Dr. Dre demanded Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) take down a video on Twitter that he said used one of his songs without permission.
Greene was <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/09/dr-dre-didnt-license-song-rep-marjorie-taylor-green-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> locked out of her account after the Twitter video containing the song was flagged on the platform for copyright violations.
&#8220;We write you on behalf of our client, Andre Young p/k/a Dr. Dre, composer and performer of the hit song &#8216;Still D.R.E.,'&#8221; an attorney for Dre said in a letter to Greene. &#8220;You are wrongfully exploiting this work through the various social media outlets to promote your divisive and hateful political agenda.&#8221;
Greene posted the instrumental version of the song, which means the lyrics were stripped out of the music.
Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, &#8220;has not, and will never, grant you permission to broadcast or disseminate any of his music,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;The use of &#8216;Still D.R.E.&#8217; without permission constitutes copyright infringement in violation of 17 U.S.C. 501.&#8221;
&#8220;One might expect that, as a member of Congress, you would have a passing familiarity with the laws of our country,&#8221; the letter continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s possible, though, that laws governing intellectual property are a little too arcane and insufficiently populist for you to really have spent much time on. We&#8217;re writing because we think an actual lawmaker should be making laws not breaking laws, especially those embodied in the constitution by the founding fathers.&#8221;
The letter demanded that Greene respond by the end of business on Wednesday and confirm that she complied with their demand to take the song down.
Greene fired back at Dre in a statement to TMZ, blasting the subject matter of Dre&#8217;s music.
&#8220;While I appreciate the creative chord progression, I would never play your words of violence against women and police officers, and your glorification of the thug life and drugs,&#8221; Greene said.
Greene posted a screenshot of her statement with the caption, &#8220;The next episode,&#8221; which is a troll on Dre since one of his top songs of all-time is &#8220;The Next Episode.&#8221;
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The next episode.. <a href="https://t.co/o6g2WVxYBu">pic.twitter.com/o6g2WVxYBu</a>
&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1612552535902154752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) slammed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) in fiery remarks that she gave during an interview about Boebert&#8217;s actions surrounding the vote for House Speaker.
Greene&#8217;s remarks come as 20 Republican lawmakers have held out on backing Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for House Speaker while more than 200 Republicans continue to back him.
&#8220;I think the American people, no matter how you vote, are sick and tired of drama and this is nothing but drama,&#8221; Greene said. &#8220;We are on multiple days now with multiple candidates from this group, so I&#8217;m not sure how Lauren Boebert on one hand can demand so much out of Kevin McCarthy, but then demand nothing out of someone else and be willing to vote for them to be Speaker.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s not serious,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s leadership, and I really see it as more obstruction than progress.&#8221;
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MTG to me: “I’m not sure how Lauren Boebert on one hand can demand so much out of Kevin McCarthy, but then demand nothing out of someone else and be willing to vote for them to be speaker.That’s not serious, I don’t think that’s leadership and I really see it as more obstruction” <a href="https://t.co/1AdYmBDuZm">pic.twitter.com/1AdYmBDuZm</a>
&mdash; Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1611117634463866881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Not since the 36th Congress, which stretched from 1859 through 1861, have the number of rounds of voting reached the double digits. During that drawn-out process, William Pennington (R-NJ) <a href="https://history.house.gov/People/Office/Speakers-Multiple-Ballots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emerged victorious after 44 votes</a>.
The most votes ever taken is 133, back during the 34th Congress from 1855-1857.
Little changed on Thursday, which is the third day of voting by members-elect. As many as 20 Republicans have refused to budge in opposing McCarthy, a sufficient number to deny him the speakership.
The final tally for the third ballot Thursday was 212 votes for Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), 200 votes for McCarthy, 17 for Byron Donalds (R-FL), three for Kevin Hern (R-OK). It was the ninth ballot total since voting began Tuesday.
Daniel Chatin contributed to this report.

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MTG Unloads On Lauren Boebert: She’s ‘Nothing But Drama,’ ‘Not Serious,’ Does Not Show ‘Leadership’

Marjorie Taylor Greene Unloads On Lauren Boebert: She's 'Not Serious,’ Does Not Show 'Leadership'

MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle asked Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) why she couldn&#8217;t be more like her colleague, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) during a Wednesday evening appearance on &#8220;The 11th Hour.&#8221;
Ruhle spoke with Boebert about the ongoing <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-fails-in-seventh-speaker-vote-gaetz-votes-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">internal battle</a> among Republicans who support Rep. <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-offers-key-concessions-to-republican-holdouts-reports/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) in his bid to become the next Speaker of the House and those who do not.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/lauren-boebert-fumes-at-sean-hannity-after-he-grills-her-over-double-standard/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boebert</a> is among the 20 holdouts who have thus far refused to throw their support behind McCarthy — and she made it clear that she did not intend to change her position unless McCarthy was willing to move on a few key rule changes and other sticking points.
While the fight has only been front and center for the last couple of days, Boebert said that there were a number of Republicans who had raised concerns with McCarthy as far back as over the summer — and according to her, he had ignored them. She went on to explain that the California congressman had enjoyed the party&#8217;s support in part because he had helped to raise millions in pursuit of what was expected to be a &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/republican-red-wave-stops-at-florida-as-initial-midterm-tallies-leave-house-senate-majorities-in-question/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">red wave</a>&#8221; in November&#8217;s midterm elections.
&#8220;But he failed to deliver that,&#8221; Boebert pointed out. &#8220;And when he realized that he actually needed our votes, that&#8217;s when he started entertaining some of the proposals that we had to the rules and the way things function here in Washington, D.C.&#8221;
Boebert went on to add that although McCarthy has made some concessions, he has continued to reject some of the proposals that she believes are important. &#8220;We&#8217;re not quite there yet,&#8221; she said, noting that she and a few others in the &#8220;Never Kevin&#8221; contingent had been ready to meet with McCarthy and work out a deal before the first vote even took place.
&#8220;There were three of us that were in a room and — one of whom worked very hard to make sure that we were able to get people to this place where Kevin could get the gavel on the very first ballot,&#8221; Boebert said, adding, &#8220;And Kevin laughed us out of the room and then lied about the negotiations that were taking place.&#8221;
&#8220;Most Republicans are with him,&#8221; Ruhle pushed back. &#8220;I mean, half the Freedom Caucus is. It wasn’t like he came out of nowhere. He got the nomination from Republicans resoundingly in November. Why wouldn’t you take the route of, say, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who shares much of your ideology, take the win, get practical, get yourself on a bunch of committees, and actually do something to set policy?&#8221;
Boebert argued that what she and the other holdouts were doing was a move designed to set policy — and Ruhle got progressively more frustrated as the interview continued, arguing that none of the alternative choices could get to the requisite number of votes any faster than McCarthy could.
Saying that the ongoing debate, although it was certainly chaotic, was how the process was actually supposed to work, Boebert asserted, &#8220;I believe our Founding Fathers intended it to be this way.&#8221;
&#8220;Okay, well our Founding Fathers aren&#8217;t here,&#8221; Ruhle cut in. &#8220;So let&#8217;s get real, let&#8217;s get practical. You can say what you believe —&#8221;
&#8220;The Constitution is, though, so that&#8217;s good,&#8221; Boebert shot back.
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House Continues Voting For New Speaker After Three Failed Attempts

‘Get Real’: MSNBC’s Ruhle Wants To Know Why Lauren Boebert Can’t Be More Like Marjorie Taylor Greene

MSNBC's Ruhle Wants To Know Why Lauren Boebert Can't Be More Like Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) went to war with each other Monday night after Boebert took a shot at Greene during an interview.
Boebert brought up Greene&#8217;s past anti-Semitic conspiracy theories when asked if she agreed with Greene&#8217;s support for making House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) the next speaker of the House.
&#8220;Well, you know, I&#8217;ve been aligned with Marjorie and accused of believing a lot of the things that she believes in,&#8221; Boebert said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t believe in this just like, I don&#8217;t believe in Russian space lasers, Jewish space lasers, and all of this.&#8221;
When asked if she was a hard &#8220;no&#8221; against McCarthy, Boebert said, &#8220;No, I&#8217;m just saying we need to actually have an inside conversation and make sure that these promises are there.&#8221;
&#8220;I’ve supported and donated to Lauren Boebert,&#8221; Greene responded. &#8220;President Trump has supported and donated to Lauren Boebert. Kevin McCarthy has supported and donated to Lauren Boebert. She just barely came through by 500 votes.&#8221;
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I’ve supported and donated to Lauren Boebert. President Trump has supported and donated to Lauren Boebert. Kevin McCarthy has supported and donated to Lauren Boebert. She just barely came through by 500 votes.
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&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1604987464942174208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;She gladly takes our $$$ but when she’s been asked: Lauren refuses to endorse President Trump, she refuses to support Kevin McCarthy, and she childishly threw me under the bus for a cheap sound bite,&#8221; Greene continued.
&#8220;The country is facing extremely difficult times,&#8221; Greene concluded. &#8220;Americans expect conservative fighters like us to work together to Save America and that is the only mission I’m 100% devoted to, not high school drama and media sound bites. Save America! Defeat the Democrats!&#8221;
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The country is facing extremely difficult times. Americans expect conservative fighters like us to work together to Save America and that is the only mission I’m 100% devoted to, not high school drama and media sound bites.
Save America! Defeat the Democrats! 
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&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1604987478149959680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The petty squabble between the two comes as McCarthy tries to lock up becoming House Speaker in January.
Standing in his way is a small group who have come out publicly against McCarthy, including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT), and Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ).
Several other Republicans have raised concerns or have not yet committed, including Rep. Scott Perry (R-CA), Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Rep.-elect Eli Crane (R-AZ), and Rep.-elect Andy Ogles (R-TN).
One Republican source on Capitol Hill who spoke with The Daily Wire on Thursday afternoon said that the main reason that the 12 House Republicans were opposing McCarthy was mostly because they wanted attention or they held some sort of a personal grievance that was small compared to the matter at hand.
“Too many career politicians have used the America First movement as a springboard to ‘Me First,’” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-world-hammers-the-12-republicans-resisting-mccarthy-has-potential-to-damage-the-entire-party">said</a> a senior Trump World official. “This entire effort isn’t about policy or principle, it’s about a small group of politicians wanting the limelight at the expense of the movement.”

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Lauren Boebert And Marjorie Taylor Greene Go To War With Each Other: ‘Threw Me Under The Bus’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) shot back at critics upset over her saying Capitol rioters would have been armed and &#8220;won&#8221; if she and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon had planned it.
The conservative firebrand released a statement Monday standing by her &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1602362817084022785" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sarcastic joke</a>&#8221; after the White House condemned Greene for the comments she made at a New York Young Republican Club event.
&#8220;The White House needs to learn how sarcasm works. My comments were making fun of Joe Biden and the Democrats, who have continuously made me a political target since January 6th,&#8221; Greene said. &#8220;Every day, I receive violent threats against my life simply because Democrats &amp; the media have lied and smeared my character for the past 2 years. Including threats resulting in actual arrests with criminal charges &amp; threats against my home in an attempt to have me killed.&#8221;
Greene, who has <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/12/07/greene-decries-treatment-of-capitol-riot-defendants-urges-panel-to-tour-jail/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decried the treatment</a> of January 6 defendants, made headlines for what she said at the event while talking about her first days as a congresswoman in the run-up to the riot.
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The White House needs to learn how sarcasm works. My comments were making fun of Joe Biden and the Democrats, who have continuously made me a political target since January 6th.
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&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1602362817084022785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I come to Washington, I swear in on January 3, I get accused of giving insurrection tours which I thought was hilarious because I couldn’t even find the bathroom in the Capitol. True story,” she said, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-armed-insurrection-comments/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN</a>. “Then January 6 happens, and next thing you know, I organized the whole thing along with Steve Bannon here. And I gotta tell you something: If Steve Bannon and I had organized that, we would have won. Not to mention, it would have been armed. Yeah. See, that’s the whole joke isn’t it?&#8221;
She added: “They say that whole thing was planned and I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ A bunch of conservatives, Second Amendment supporters went in the Capitol without guns and they think we organized that? I don’t think so.&#8221;
The U.S. Capitol was breached on January 6, 2021, briefly interrupting Congress as its members met to certify President Joe Biden&#8217;s presidential victory. There is evidence that some people in the crowd were <a href="https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/06/15/fact-check-were-firearms-other-weapons-capitol-jan-6/7621149001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carrying weapons</a>, including firearms, and hundreds of people have been charged in connection to the riot.
The White House issued a strong rebuke of Greene on Monday.
“It goes against our fundamental values as a country for a Member of Congress to wish that the carnage of January 6th had been even worse, and to boast that she would have succeeded in an armed insurrection against the United States government,” Deputy White House press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/12/greene-jan6-white-house-armed-insurrection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Washington Post</a>. “This violent rhetoric is a slap in the face to the Capitol Police, the DC Metropolitan Police, the National Guard, and the families who lost loved ones as a result of the attack on the Capitol.&#8221;
“All leaders have a responsibility to condemn these dangerous, abhorrent remarks and stand up for our Constitution and the rule of law,” Bates also said.
In her statement, Greene accused the Democrats of &#8220;trying to weaponize a sarcastic joke&#8221; and vowed to continue standing up for herself.
The congresswoman quipped that Democrats only &#8220;support&#8221; the Second Amendment &#8220;when armed Antifa larpers want to defend perverts at drag queen story time or when leftist Hollywood celebs and politicians are protected by armed bodyguards.&#8221; After a swipe about content moderation on Twitter, she concluded, &#8220;I will never back down from my support of the Second Amendment. And I will never allow the White House, Democrats, or the media to continue to accuse me of something I had nothing to do with.&#8221;

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Responds To Outrage Over January 6 Remarks: ‘Learn How Sarcasm Works’

Marjorie Taylor Greene Responds To Outrage Over January 6 Remarks

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marjorie-taylor-greene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s</a> (R-GA) husband filed for divorce after more than two decades of marriage.
MTG&#8217;s husband, Perry Greene, filed for divorce on Tuesday after 27 years of marriage, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.
&#8220;Marriage is a wonderful thing and I&#8217;m a firm believer in it,&#8221; the congresswoman <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/28/marjorie-taylor-greene-perry-husband-files-divorce-congresswoman-mtg/?adid=share-tw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> TMZ. &#8220;Our society is formed by a husband and wife creating a family to nurture and protect. Together, Perry and I formed our family and raised three great kids. He gave me the best job title you can ever earn: Mom.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ll always be grateful for how great of a dad he is to our children,&#8221; she added.
The couple have separated in the past and it is not clear what led to Perry Greene&#8217;s desire to file for a divorce. MTG has been <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9246917/Marjorie-Taylor-Green-openly-cheated-husband-men-gym.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> of having affairs in the past.
A petition was <a href="https://fox5sandiego.com/news/national-news/marjorie-taylor-greenes-husband-files-for-divorce/">filed</a> to seal the divorce proceedings, citing &#8220;confidential and sensitive information&#8221;. The petition stated that &#8220;the parties’ significant privacy interest in sealing the records outweighs the public’s minuscule interest in access to said records.&#8221;
The filing stated that “sensitive personal and financial information” would be revealed throughout the course of the divorce proceedings which would “negatively impact the parties’ privacy interests.”
This is a developing news story; refresh the page for updates.

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