Win by QAnon believer creates new headaches for House GOP

[Judi Lynn]

BY JULIEGRACE BRUFKE AND OLIVIA BEAVERS - 08/12/20 07:45 PM EDT 1,037


House Republicans are raising concerns that a controversial candidate’s primary win in Georgia could hurt the party in other races, with some saying GOP leaders should have done more to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Greene handily won a runoff Tuesday against neurosurgeon John Cowan, taking 60 percent of the vote, and is now poised to succeed outgoing Rep. Tom Graves (R) in the GOP-leaning district.

She has a history of offensive remarks about Blacks, Jews and Muslims, including a statement that if she were Black, she’d be “proud” to see a Confederate monument because it would show the progress since the Civil War.

Greene has compared Democratic donor George Soros to a Nazi, asserted that African Americans “are held slaves to the Democratic Party,” likened the 2018 midterms that flipped the House to Democratic control as being like an “Islamic invasion of our government” and most recently fundraised over her remarks calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a “bitch” who should be kicked out of Congress.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/511771-win-by-qanon-believer-creates-new-headaches-for-house-gop

[Thekaspervote]

1. Good...then I used glad she won..let them eat cake!!

[dflprincess]

2. And Republicans in the district picked her over a neurosurgeon

Why am I not surprised?

[sheshe2]

3. Oh, they are 'concerned'.

Actually she seems like a perfect fit for the GOP.

[maxrandb]

4. Just wondering if the Dems are ready to play hardball

They don't need to seat her, do they?

I'm not sure it's been done before, but doesn't the House majority have the power to not accept her?

I'm thinking a crazy racist evil armed conspiracy theorist might be disqualified.

Would we seat Vladimir Putin if he won an obscure wingnut seat in some Dumbfuckistan Murika shithole? This would be about the same.

Oh, and then it's time to cut every last fucking federal dollar from this shitburgh.