McCarthy Likely To Ax Greene From House Committees

Politico reports:

McCarthy tried to give Greene options, according to a person familiar with their talk: She could denounce QAnon and apologize publicly for espousing hurtful conspiracy theories and endorsing violence on Democrats. She could remove herself from the panel to spare her colleagues a vote on the matter. Or, she could face removal from her own GOP peers.

It must not have gone as well as McCarthy hoped, because he then called a late-night meeting with the panel that designates committee assignments to discuss removing Greene.

According to our sources, the room agreed that a House vote on this issue would be catastrophic politically for their members who are already angry at being associated with Greene’s crazy statements. That must be avoided, they concurred.

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy met with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as Republicans discussed how to handle her embrace of conspiracy theories, including that mass shootings at the schools were staged.https://t.co/cpfgmOXdjo

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