Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to be on Pelosi's committee to investigate the Capitol riot
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Via: john-russell • 3 years ago • 14 commentsBy: kvlamis@insider.com (Kelsey Vlamis) 2 days ago (MSN)
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- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told CNN that she wants to be on the Capitol riot commission.
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week the committee would be formed to investigate the insurrection.
- Recently Greene has pushed the unfounded claims that the FBI was somehow involved in the riot.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene would like to serve on the House select committee that will investigate the Capitol riot, the congresswoman told CNN in an interview published Saturday.
When asked by reporter Jim Acosta if she'd like to serve on the committee, Greene responded: "Sure, she should put me on the committee. That would be great."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced earlier this week she is forming a select committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection after Senate Republicans blocked a bill last month that would have established an independent, bipartisan commission to study the riot.
Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy are expected to select representatives to serve on the committee, which is still being formed.
When asked by Acosta if former president Donald Trump is responsible for the riot, Greene said: "absolutely not."
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Greene is among the Republicans who have been accused of downplaying the riot, but she told CNN that the Capitol defendants are criminals that "need their day in court."
Recently, Greene has been pushing unfounded claims that the FBI might have been involved in the Capitol riot. In a letter sent to FBI Director Chris Wray and Capitol Police on Friday, Greene pressed the issue, asking if any federal law enforcement agents were "participants or attendants" at the riot or rally that preceded it.
She has also spread unsubstantiated claims about the integrity of the 2020 election, including falsely saying that President Joe Biden did not win the election.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries told MSNBC Friday that he wouldn't be surprised if McCarthy appointed Greene to the January 6 commission, as well as other Republicans who have pushed false election claims.
"He's got quite a collection of characters to choose from. It's not my expectation given Kevin McCarthy's past practice that he will do anything other than bend the knee to Donald Trump," he said. "We'll see what horror show Kevin McCarthy gives us that we will have to deal with."
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I seeded the article because there are news reports today that McCarthy is likely to appoint Taylor-Greene to this committee.
The entertainment value would be high as her profound ignorance and simplistic intellect would be exposed every day to a wide audience.
I think it's a great idea that Jellyfish McCarthy put Greene on the committee.
It would be the Gong Show every day.
MTG lacks self awareness, which would make her constant gaffes and idiocies brutal.
Talk about letting the fox guard the henhouse...
This is certain to fail. All she will do is spout conspiracy nonsense and disrupt proceedings
her family members are trying to figure out how to make it look like an accident.
Wasn't she one of the ones giving unauthorized tours the day before the insurrection?
I had heard that rumor
Along with Boebert.
I thought she didn't think a riot happened. How can she investigate something she doesn't think existed.
My personal opinion is that that lunatic should not even be in elected office in Washington DC let alone committees in Congress. As a right leaning conservative registered Independent, I am disgusted by almost everything that comes out of her mouth! She is an embarrassment to many conservatives.
She is the new Michele Bachmann.
Well... at least we know she would go into an investigation without preconceptions...
Not any different than what Jim Jordan, Gaetz, Gohmert, and others do in every committee investigation.