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The far-right lead of the GOP, grabbing more headlines than
Posted on: May 25, 2021 at 12:38:01 CT
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Top House Republicans on Tuesday condemned freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after she spent days comparing vaccine and mask requirements to the Holocaust.
But GOP leaders stopped short of calling for any disciplinary action, illustrating how Republicans have struggled to rein in the most radical elements of their party — an issue that will only continue to plague the GOP in the looming battle for control of the House.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who defended Greene earlier this year when Democrats stripped her of committee assignments for her incendiary rhetoric, called her latest comments “wrong” and “appalling” and said the GOP conference was behind him.
“Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling. The Holocaust is the greatest atrocity committed in history,” the California Republican said in a statement. “The fact that this needs to be stated today is deeply troubling.”
Top House Republicans on Tuesday condemned freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after she spent days comparing vaccine and mask requirements to the Holocaust.
But GOP leaders stopped short of calling for any disciplinary action, illustrating how Republicans have struggled to rein in the most radical elements of their party — an issue that will only continue to plague the GOP in the looming battle for control of the House.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who defended Greene earlier this year when Democrats stripped her of committee assignments for her incendiary rhetoric, called her latest comments “wrong” and “appalling” and said the GOP conference was behind him.
“Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling. The Holocaust is the greatest atrocity committed in history,” the California Republican said in a statement. “The fact that this needs to be stated today is deeply troubling.”
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