Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is speaking out against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
In a statement obtained by The Hill, McConnell slammed Greene for her embrace of “loony lies and conspiracy theories.”
He called her comments a “cancer for the Republican Party.”
“Loony lies and conspiracy theories are cancer for the Republican Party and our country.”
He did not mention Greene by name in the statement but is a scathing rebuke of the Republican freshman lawmaker. McConnell’s statement comes after he was asked about Greene, NBC News reports.
“Somebody who’s suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, and that the Clintons crashed JFK Jr.’s airplane is not living in reality,” McConnell said.
He continued, “This has nothing to do with the challenges facing American families or the robust debates on substance that can strengthen our party.”
Greene appeared to respond to McConnell’s remarks on Twitter.
“The real cancer for the Republican Party is weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully. This is why we are losing our country,” she wrote.
The real cancer for the Republican Party is weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene ?? (@mtgreenee) February 2, 2021
This is why we are losing our country.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) is expected to introduce a resolution to strip Greene of her assignments to the education and budget committees of the House, as IJR reported.
“We can’t stop her from speaking,” Wasserman Schultz said during an online news conference.
She went on, “What we can do though, is essentially render her nearly powerless. That’s what the intent of this resolution is.”
Greene has expressed support for false claims school shootings were staged.
“If you cannot acknowledge basic truths, that 26 children and adults were murdered in Sandy Hook Elementary School, and 17 more were mercilessly slain in Parkland High School, then you cannot be trusted to make education and budget policy,” Wasserman Schultz said.
CNN reported last week Greene suggested she supported executing top Democrats in 2018 and 2019 before being elected.
Other Republicans have condemned Greene’s comments and urged others to do the same.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Greene should not “have the privilege of any committees.”
“Let’s be clear: She is not a Republican,” Kinzinger added.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) called on House Republicans to condemn Greene’s remarks.
“I think Republican leaders ought to stand up and say it is totally unacceptable,” Portman said.
