WASHINGTON 鈥� Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, has been stripped of her committee assignments by the House Democratic majority over racist remarks, her embrace of conspiracy theories and her past endorsement of violence against leading Democratic officials.
Greene, 46, is a newcomer to politics, and previously worked for her family's construction business in Georgia. She was labeled a 鈥渇uture Republican Star鈥� by former President Donald Trump, whose political style she emulates. The House Democrats took the unusual step on Thursday.
Here鈥檚 a look at some of Greene鈥檚 past statements and social media posts, many of which were deleted after the liberal group Media Matters unearthed them online.
LAS VEGAS MASS SHOOTING
In 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire from a hotel room window overlooking an outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas, killing 58 people. Afterward, Greene suggested that the shooting might have been staged.
鈥淗ow do you get avid gun owners and people that support the Second Amendment to give up their guns and go along with anti-gun legislation?鈥� Greene asked in an online video. 鈥淵ou make them scared, you make them victims and you change their mindset and then possibly you can pass anti-gun legislation. Is that what happened in Las Vegas?鈥�
鈥淚 don鈥檛 believe (Paddock) pulled this off all by himself, and I know most of you don鈥檛 either,鈥� Greene said.
SPACE LASERS
In 2018, a poorly maintained electrical grid sparked a California wildfire that killed 84 people. In a Facebook post in November of that year, Greene falsely speculated that darker forces were at work.
Connecting a series of scattershot points, Greene suggested a bank controlled by the Rothschild family, who are Jewish, a utility company responsible for the fire and then-Gov. Jerry Brown had a compelling motive to spark the blaze: clearing the path for a high speed rail project Brown wanted. She also floated the possibility that the fires could have been started by 鈥渓asers or blue beams of light鈥� shot down from space by allies of Brown who were said to be in the solar energy industry.
鈥淭here are too many coincidences to ignore,鈥� she wrote.
OMAR AND TLAIB
In February 2019, Greene appeared in an online video filmed at the U.S. Capitol, arguing that Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan weren鈥檛 鈥渞eally official鈥� members of Congress because they didn鈥檛 take the oath of office on the Bible. Both women are Muslim.
鈥淚 really want to go talk to these ladies and ask them what they are thinking, and why they are serving in our American government," Greene said. 鈥淭hey really should go back to the Middle East.鈥�
Tlaib was born in Detroit. Omar was born in Somalia and came to the U.S. when she was 12, becoming a U.S. citizen five years later.
HILLARY CLINTON
In May 2018, a Facebook user purporting to be the mother of a New York police officer falsely claimed that the officer had seen a video taken from the laptop of disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner that showed Hillary Clinton and a top aide cutting off a child鈥檚 face. Greene 鈥渓iked鈥� the comment and replied, 鈥淢ost people honestly don鈥檛 know so much. The (mainstream media) disinformation warfare has won for too long!鈥�
NANCY PELOSI
Greene once suggested in an online video that Pelosi could be executed for treason.
鈥淪he鈥檚 a traitor to our country, she鈥檚 guilty of treason,鈥� Greene says in the video, which CNN first reported. 鈥淎nd it鈥檚, uh, it鈥檚 a crime punishable by death is what treason is. Nancy Pelosi is guilty of treason.鈥�
She also 鈥渓iked鈥� a January 2019 Facebook post that called for 鈥渁 bullet to the head鈥� of Pelosi.
In November 2018, Greene shot a video in which she talked about the
She also 鈥渓iked鈥� a comment posted by a Facebook user in 2018 who falsely argued that
Brian Slodysko, The Associated Press
