A House Republican is facing a question about his assertion Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has matured since first entering Congress.

ABC’s Martha Raddatz noted during a segment of ā€œThis Weekā€ the Georgia congresswoman called for a ā€œnational divorceā€ on Presidents Day.

She brought up her guest’s, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), previous assertion Greene had ā€œmaturedā€ and is ā€œtrying to become a team player.ā€

ā€œDo you still think that when you hear something like that?ā€ she asked.

McCaul responded, ā€œI don’t speak for her. The great thing about this country is we can have political dialogue, discourse, we are a democracy. We can have differences of opinions.ā€

ā€œI will say divisive rhetoric, I think, polarizes this nation, and I think it hurts this nation,ā€ he continued. ā€œI think what we need today is a voice that can unify the nation on things that really matter — like the economy, like the border, like the largest invasion in Europe since World War II.ā€

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In January, McCaul was asked about Greene receiving an appointment to the House Homeland Security Committee despite previously espousing conspiracy theories — including doubting whether the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened.

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Raddatz noted the congresswoman apologized for her sharing conspiracy theories about the attacks.

McCaul, who previously chaired the committee, said, ā€œThese conspiracy theories that people go down, I disagree with those. I’m having to debunk this. This one was the worst violation; 9/11 was not a hoax. It was carried out by al Qaeda. There’s no question in my mind.ā€

However, he stated, ā€œI will tell you, has matured. I think she realizes she doesn’t know everything, and she wants to learn and become, I think, more of a team player.ā€

Weeks after McCaul’s initial comments, Greene issued a call on Twitter for a ā€œnational divorceā€ where the U.S. would ā€œseparate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government.ā€

ā€œFrom the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are done,ā€ she insisted.

She later shared a lengthy tweet thread explaining her vision for a scenario of a ā€œnational divorce.ā€

In her vision, states would agree to a ā€œlegal agreement to separate our ideological and political disagreements by states while maintaining our legal union.ā€