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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis has little knowledge that his party in the neighboring House of Representatives does not exclude far-right MEP Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia from the faction. It was completely unacceptable for a member of the United States Congress to “repeat QAnon’s violent rhetoric and spread crazy conspiracy theories,” the senator emphasized, thus taking a clear position against Taylor Greene. Conspiracy theory supporter QAnon, described by former President Donald Trump as a “future star” of the Republicans, fishes in almost every murky basin of American politics.
Taylor Greene shows sympathy for the mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6. At the forefront, he spreads the “big lie” about Trump, who was undefeated at the polls and from whom shadowy forces later snatched the electoral victory.
“This is crazy”
She liked a Facebook post by another extremist who suggested “putting a bullet in the head” of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. And recently it was wondered if a plane crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
“That’s not conservative,” said Republican Senator Tillis. “This is crazy.” An opinion shared by many Republicans in the Senate.
How disoriented the “Old Big Party” has become since Trump’s defeat is illustrated by the reaction of minority leader Kevin McCarthy in the House of Representatives. “This Republican Party is a very big tent,” he told reporters after his group’s four-hour crisis meeting Thursday night when Taylor Greene received standing applause at one point.
Instead of firing them from the education and budget committees or excluding them from the parliamentary group, it was a reprimand and a warning. “Everyone is invited to join us,” McCarthy continued, daring to predict that “in two years we will have a majority in the House of Representatives.”
In the same session, former Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter, Liz, had to compete for her position on the group’s leadership team. She was massively attacked by Trump’s Republicans for her vote in favor of the impeachment process against the president-elect. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger called the McCarthy faction leader’s behavior “disgraceful.” Party politicians expressed concern that the lack of demarcation by extremists like Taylor Greene was causing serious damage to the party, especially in the hotly contested suburbs of big cities. “We must not allow conspiracy theorists to go crazy,” said an insider quoted by the Washington Post.
Spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi described McCarthy’s actions as “cowardly.” In an official statement, he put a “Q” for QAnon after the group’s leader’s name instead of the usual “R” for Republicans. Democrats were forced to catch up with their majority in the House of Representatives Friday night, which McCarthy was unable to do in his group. Taylor Greene was banned from the committees.
Taylor Greene is not moved by all this. In an interview, he refused to apologize. Democrats were “stupid” to “help” her in this way, she said.
