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US Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell calls Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘cancer’
US Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell has denounced newly elected House of Representatives Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling the far-right Georgian politician “a cancer” in the party because of her staunch belief in conspiracy theories and “loony lies”.
“Somebody who’s suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, and that the Clintons crashed JFK Jr’s airplane is not living in reality,” Senator McConnell said.
“This has nothing to do with the challenges facing American families or the robust debates on substance that can strengthen our party.”
The statement comes as Democrats in the House were mounting an effort to formally rebuke Ms Greene, who has a history…
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