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Marjorie Taylor Greene stripped of US House of Representative committee roles
A fiercely divided US House of Representatives has removed Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene of both her committee assignments, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she had earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories.
Key points:
- Eleven Republicans joined Democrats in a vote to strip Ms Greene of her committee roles
- Ms Greene expressed regret for some of her remarks before the vote
- Most Republicans attacked the resolution as a “partisan power grab” by Democrats
Nearly all Republicans voted against the Democratic move but none defended her lengthy history of outrageous social media posts.
Eleven Republicans joined Democrats in a 230-199 vote to approve the Democratic-backed resolution, which stripped Ms Greene of her…
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