{"id":117184,"date":"2021-02-03T18:55:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T23:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117184"},"modified":"2021-02-03T19:12:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T00:12:55","slug":"house-minority-leader-kevin-mccarthy-slams-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-over-conspiracy-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-minority-leader-kevin-mccarthy-slams-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-over-conspiracy-theories\/","title":{"rendered":"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Slams Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Over \u2018Conspiracy Theories\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-minority-leader-kevin-mccarthy-slams-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-over-conspiracy-theories%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MTG-3-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy slammed conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in a statement on Wednesday afternoon, saying that Greene\u2019s incendiary remarks do not represent the party and that the party condemns QAnon.<\/p>\n<p>The statement from McCarthy comes as Democrats seek to remove Greene from her committee assignments over a string of controversial remarks that she has made.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s remarks come as Democrats and the media have sought to use Greene to weigh down the Republican Party by making her the face of the party and by trying to tie her fringe views and statements to the party.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Past comments from and endorsed by Marjorie Taylor Greene on school shootings, political violence, and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories do not represent the values or beliefs of the House Republican Conference. I condemn those comments unequivocally. I condemned them in the past. I continue to condemn them today. This House condemned QAnon last Congress and continues to do so today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I made this clear to Marjorie when we met. I also made clear that as a member of Congress we have a responsibility to hold ourselves to a higher standard than how she presented herself as a private citizen. Her past comments now have much greater meaning. Marjorie recognized this in our conversation. I hold her to her word, as well as her actions going forward.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I understand that Marjorie\u2019s comments have caused deep wounds to many and as a result, I offered Majority Leader Hoyer a path to lower the temperature and address these concerns. Instead of coming together to do that, the Democrats are choosing to raise the temperature by taking the unprecedented step to further their partisan power grab regarding the committee assignments of the other party.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nowhere in McCarthy\u2019s statement did he say that Republicans would not remove Greene from her committee assignments.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy further noted that Democrats were happy to go after Greene for her remarks, most of which were made before she entered office, while they continued to back members of their own party who have engaged in controversial behavior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Democrats pursue a resolution on Congresswoman Greene, they continue to do nothing about Democrats serving on the Foreign Affairs Committee who have spread anti-Semitic tropes, Democrats on the House Intelligence and Homeland Security Committee compromised by Chinese spies, or the Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee who advocated for violence against public servants,\u201d McCarthy said.&nbsp;\u201cIn the end, this resolution continues to distract Congress, especially given the limited time that Speaker Pelosi and the Democrat leadership want the House to debate and work, on what it needs to focus on: getting Americans back to work, getting kids back to school, and providing vaccines to all Americans who need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also slammed Greene this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-republican-leader-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-cancer-for-the-republican-party\">saying<\/a> on the Senate floor that her \u201cloony lies and conspiracy theories\u201d were a \u201ccancer for the Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody who\u2019s 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.\u2019s airplane is not living in reality,\u201d McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-republican-leader-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-cancer-for-the-republican-party\">said<\/a>. \u201cThis has nothing to do with the challenges facing American families or the robust debates on substance that can strengthen our party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy slammed conspiracy theorist Rep. 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