Yahoo News reports:
Georgia’s new QAnon-supporting Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene caused a ruckus on Sunday at the swearing-in of the new Congress when she refused to wear a mask despite requests from House floor staff, according to Politico’s Jake Sherman.
The ceremony takes place amid a drastic uptick in COVID-19 cases across the country. Several House members have been in quarantine due to COVID exposure and were participating in the swearing-in and the vote for Speaker from “secure” plexiglass enclosures.
2 new Republicans — including @mtgreenee — are being told by House floor staff that they have to put their masks on. as of now, they seem to be telling the floor staff that they will not put it on.
Taylor Greene is leaving the floor with the other R, who were trying to ID
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 3, 2021
Now, the Republiacn and Democratic floor staff are in a screaming match on the floor.
So this Congress is going great already
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 3, 2021
Brian Monahan — the attending physician — is now in the middle of the floor talking to GOP floor staff, and Rodney Davis, the top House R on House Admin
Lots of complaints by Rs that they have set up a plexiglass area for voting in the gallery.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 3, 2021
Well I actually do have a mask. https://t.co/VnwOZlWUKO pic.twitter.com/rFZFhZRI0D
— Marjorie Taylor Greene ?? (@mtgreenee) January 3, 2021