G.O.P. The steering panel could remove members of the Republican House from their committee posts, but two officials with direct knowledge of the meeting told CNN that the committee had not made a decision until Tuesday night.
Officials said a decision could be made on whether the steering committee will meet again on Wednesday. Green was not found with the steering panel.
In a statement about how the meeting with Green went, officials said McCarthy gave no indication that Green had shown any remorse or hesitation over his remarks. When the G.O.P. There is a belief among members that she should be removed from her two committees, there is concern that members will be punished for what they did before they won the election.
“No, we’ll work on some things,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalis told CNN when asked what the decision has been made among the Republican leadership about Green.
Republicans are at a crossroads in the House with Green because Democrats have threatened to take action, and members of Congress GOP “have to decide who they want to be,” a top GOP said.
“Do they want to be a party to limited government and financial accountability, free markets, power and pro-life peace or do they want to be a party to conspiracy theories and QN,” Sen. John Thun, a Republican from South Dakota, and G.O.P. Said a member of the leadership. “I think this is the decision they have to face. It’s a big hurdle for them right now, not well.”
Green is interviewing McCarthy, but it’s not clear if she will take steps to remove him from the committee or just discuss it with him. Meanwhile, Democrats have promised to pass a resolution that would strip Green of its committees if McCarthy does not act. The resolution will go before the House Rules Committee on Wednesday. It is not clear when he will come to the floor in the absence of proceedings by McCarthy.
“I think our party needs to make it very clear that it does not represent us in any way,” said Republican Utah Sen. Said Mitt Romney. “Our big tent is not big enough for both coconuts and cooks.”
Another Republican senator went on to say Tuesday that he had given Green a “difficult time” in support of staying in the House Education and Labor Committee, after he considered the 2018 Parkland massacre to be a “false flag” operation.
North man Republican Sen. Kevin Kramer told CNN, “Personally I had a hard time, for example, his positions on school shootings are being held and on the education committee.” “Real power has a moral right.”
“It’s clearly relevant,” added Republican Sen. John Howin of North Dakota. ”
Green responded to some criticisms on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.
“Too bad, some Republican senators are hurling insults at me instead of preparing to save President Trump from the haphazard radical left,” he wrote. “Focus on ending the witch hunt. Do your job!”
San Marco Rubio said anyone who argues the shooting is a false flag “either deranged or perpetual”.
“They were real families,” he added. “Those who died were real children.”
Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott called Green’s Parkland response “completely wrong and very disappointing.”
“I was there just after the shooting. I met with the families and went to the funeral. … I’m still close to those families,” Scott said.
Some G.O.P. Senators have called for G.O.P. And expressed serious concern about the types of conspiracy theories, deeming them dangerous for the future of the country.
“I can tell you about that general conspiracy theory stuff, from above,” Rubio said. “Some of those people, I don’t know if they really believe it’s just to get attention. Others probably believe it and if they believe or not, anyway, it’s not good for the party. But it’s not even the country. Good for. ”
How House Republican leaders end up deciding to deal with Green will also have an “impact” on how people view the Republican Party as a whole, Kramer said.
“I don’t think a lot of Republicans will follow his vision, but the tent can only be so big. … there should be … some kind of guard. I’m not in the House, I’m not part of that leadership, but they’re with them. How it deals has an impact on how people view the party, certainly, ‘Kramer said, if the House GOP doesn’t work.
Still some senators refused to lose weight on the green. Led by Republican Sen. Roy Blunt, who will run for re-election in Missouri in 2022, he said he would let the House decide how to handle Green.
G.O.P. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley argued that he “doesn’t know enough about them” to comment.
“I don’t know enough about it,” Grassley told CNN. “There are 5,435 members in the House. I have a hard time keeping track of what 100 senators do. So, you have to ask someone if they will follow it better than I do.”
When CNN started reading Green’s comment, he said, “I don’t want to comment on the interpretation of your comments. I want to hear what she has to say.”
Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, will not condemn Green on Tuesday, arguing before she can do justice, she “wants to know what the facts are.”
Graham suggested that, without any evidence to the contrary, that he wanted to make sure that Green’s postings on social media, which are under scrutiny, were accurate and not “manipulated.”
When a reporter followed that many of the Congresswoman’s comments were on video, Graham replied: “He has to tell me he’s certain,” adding that he hadn’t seen the video.
She also told the Republic of South Carolina that she wanted to hear directly from him “What is accurate, what is not. What is your situation today? And if your situation is different today, why?”
The story and headline were updated on Tuesday with additional developments.
CNN’s Ryan Nobles, Ali Maine, Ted Barrett and Ann’s Greer contributed to the report.
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