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The move could set a risky precedent as Democrats target a sitting member of the opposing party in Congress over views expressed prior to her serving as an elected official ā one that has the potential to someday be used against the party by Republicans.
āNone, not at all. Not at all. If any of our members threatened the safety of other members weād be the first ones to take them off of a committee. Thatās it,ā Pelosi said.
Why was she stripped?
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was stripped of committee assignments because of her pre-election-campaign statements embracing QAnon, 9/11 trutherism, claims that school shootings were faked, Rothschild space lasers, and executing Democrats. (She has apparently renounced most or all of the claims since.) Does that violate the First Amendment?
Now will Waters be stripped? Of course not.
Even though she violated
Backlash continued to grow against Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) on Sunday over remarks that she made late Saturday night where she encouraged activists to āget more confrontationalā on āthe streetā if Derek Chauvin is not convicted of murdering George Floyd.
āWeāre looking for a guilty verdict. Weāre looking for a guilty verdict. And weāre looking to see if all of this [inaudible] that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd,ā Waters said. āIf nothing does not happen, then we know that weāve got to not only stay in the street, but weāve got to fight for justice, but I am very hopeful and I hope that weāre going to get a verdict that will say guilty, guilty, guilty. And if we donāt, we cannot go away.ā
āNone, not at all. Not at all. If any of our members threatened the safety of other members weād be the first ones to take them off of a committee. Thatās it,ā Pelosi said.
House Strips Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Of Committee Assignments For Supporting Conspiracy Theories
Embattled Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been stripped of her committee assignments after being the subject of controversy in recent weeks.
miami.cbslocal.com
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was stripped of committee assignments because of her pre-election-campaign statements embracing QAnon, 9/11 trutherism, claims that school shootings were faked, Rothschild space lasers, and executing Democrats. (She has apparently renounced most or all of the claims since.) Does that violate the First Amendment?
Stripping House Member of Committee Assignments Doesn't Violate the First Amendment
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was stripped of committee assignments because of her pre-election-campaign statements embracing QAnon, 9/11 trutherism, claims that...
reason.com
Now will Waters be stripped? Of course not.
Even though she violated
Backlash continued to grow against Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) on Sunday over remarks that she made late Saturday night where she encouraged activists to āget more confrontationalā on āthe streetā if Derek Chauvin is not convicted of murdering George Floyd.
āWeāre looking for a guilty verdict. Weāre looking for a guilty verdict. And weāre looking to see if all of this [inaudible] that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd,ā Waters said. āIf nothing does not happen, then we know that weāve got to not only stay in the street, but weāve got to fight for justice, but I am very hopeful and I hope that weāre going to get a verdict that will say guilty, guilty, guilty. And if we donāt, we cannot go away.ā