Congressional GOP leaders immediately condemned her comments on learning about them, yet only Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) ADAlthough the other Republican leaders in Congress didn’t go as far as Scalise did, they used forceful language to distance themselves from Greene. said, “Obviously, Rep. Cheney opposes these offensive and bigoted comments.” A spokesman for the National Republican Campaign Committee said its chairman, Rep. Tom Emmer (Minn.), “strongly condemned” Greene’s remarks. I’m sorry my future colleagues are unable to stand up to the pressure and fight back,” she said. Although these unearthed comments are new, Greene’s support for QAnon, considered a potential domestic terrorist threat by the FBI, has been well documented.

Source: Washington Post June 17, 2020 20:48 UTC