Greene removed from committees

[George K]

Democrats Will Regret Their Move against Marjorie Taylor Greene

At least Marjorie Taylor Greene won’t have to spend time sitting at the end of the dais during long committee hearings.

House Democrats voted to boot her from her committee assignments in an act that they will surely come to regret, perhaps as soon as January 2023.

If the majority can keep members of the opposition party off of committees based on incendiary comments, it’s not clear why the GOP ever let, say, Maxine Waters serve on any committees when it had control of the chamber, or why it ever will again.

Kicking off Greene will come to be remembered as another inflection point in the steady unraveling of institutional norms on Capitol Hill.

That said, we believe that Republicans should have taken matters into their own hands and denied Greene her committee assignments to draw a line against malicious lunacy in their own ranks.

[jon-nyc]

I agree with all of that.

[kluurs]

Agree - They need a time out.

[Catseye3]

I wonder, is there a provision anywhere -- the Constitution or historical precedent or something else -- that gives Congress the right to reject a duly elected representative for reasons of moral turpitude or inappropriateness of any kind? Given that that creep from Alabama almost got in, and now this Greene creature, maybe Congress should pass a resolution or something . . .

[George K]

An elected official has the right to be in congress. That's as far as the constitution goes.

As far as what that individual's responsibilities, committee assignment, etc are, that, traditionally, was the job of the party to which s/he belongs. However, that's tradition, not House rules, I think.

Now, that tradition is erased.

When the GOP take the House, it will be interesting to see if the remove members from committees who are science-deniers (the idiot who was afraid that Guam would capsize), those inciting violence (Maxine Waters), and those with questionable security status (Eric Swalwell).

I don't think, because the GOP Congress doesn't have a set of balls spine.

"Politics ain't bean-bag" some guy from the South told me.

The GOP should man woman up and return the favor. They did that with the elimination of the judicial filibuster. They should do it again. Of course, it'll be considered a serious breach of tradition should they do it because shut up.

[Doctor Phibes]

The best way to handle idiots isn't to stop them, it's to let them blow themselves up.

Figuratively, of course. I don't think she'd actually wear explosive underpants.

[Catseye3]

@doctor-phibes said in Greene removed from committees:

I don't think she'd actually wear explosive underpants.

Absolutely not. Everybody knows the Jews have cornered the market on explosive underpants. She wouldn't be caught dead in them.

[Renauda]

I think what you to say is give her the stage and let her dig herself into a hole from which she can't get out.

[Catseye3]

@renauda said in Greene removed from committees:

I think what you to say is give her the stage and let her dig herself into a hole from which she can't get out.

My confidence in that as a viable strategy has been shaken of late.

[Jolly]

2022 is gonna be a bitch...

[jon-nyc]

@renauda said in Greene removed from committees:

I think what you to say is give her the stage and let her dig herself into a hole from which she can't get out.

That’s what everyone said about Trump in 2016.

[Renauda]

@jon-nyc Pretty deep hole Trump dug himself. Don't see him crawling anytime soon either. Greene is no Trump character, not even close. Let her dig, in fact, supply her the shovel.