Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) (L), Representative Cori Bush (D-MO).
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GOP representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and her staff are said to have “scolded” House Democrat Cori Bush of Missouri, who said Friday that she was moving her office from Greene’s “for the safety of my team.”
Bush also said in a tweet that the Georgian Republican had “attacked me and others on social media.”
Bush, regarding the deadly riot in the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, noted that she has “called for the expulsion of members who have incited insurgency from Day 1”.
In the aftermath of that invasion, Bush had tabled a resolution directing the House Ethics Committee to investigate whether lawmakers attempting to undo President Joe Biden’s election victory had “ violated their oath of office ” and “ should face sanctions, including removal from office. the House of Representatives. “
Bush’s statement implied that Greene should be involved in that proposed research. Both Greene and Bush are newly elected representatives who were sworn into Congress earlier this month.
Spokespersons for Greene and Bush did not immediately respond to CNBC’s requests for comment on the Missouri Democrat’s statement on Twitter, or for additional details about the alleged altercation.
An assistant to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Confirmed to NBC News that Bush’s office had been reassigned. “This change to the room assignment was by order of the speaker,” the assistant told NBC.
Bush and Greene have offices on the same floor of Longworth House Office Building, one of three House member buildings on Capitol Hill.
Greene has expressed support for the radical pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon, whose believers had in some cases applauded the Capitol break-in that left five dead.
Greene has recently come under even more fire after reports that she had addressed a survivor of the Parkland school shooting and liked posts on social media calling for violence against Democrats.
On Wednesday, a news crew from NBC-affiliated WRCB was reportedly removed from a town hall event and threatened with arrest after trying to ask Greene a question.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Condemned Greene and the “utterly appalling” decision by top House Republicans to appoint Greene to the House Education Committee.
What could they think? Or is thinking too generous a word for what they could do? ‘ Pelosi said at a press conference on Thursday.