by Sharelle Burt
October 30, 2023
Freshman Home congresswoman Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) has had it with controversial congresswoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
Balint made a movement to maneuver on forcing a vote to censure Taylor Greene over her quite a few polarizing feedback, and as a response to Taylor Greene’s vote to do the identical to Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), The Hill experiences. First launched in July 2023, Balint offered receipts of near 40 grievance factors towards Taylor Greene, together with particular feedback and the dates on which she mentioned them, in addition to acts akin to presenting photos of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, to the Home ground in July.
In a prolonged speech, Balint mentioned Taylor Greene didn’t have the precise intentions as a pacesetter for the American folks.
“This lady, Marjorie Taylor Greene — it appears to be her solely goal is to sic People after different People, to fend extra hatred, to fan extra dissention and fear-mongering,” Balint mentioned. “We’ve acquired to have a backside right here.”
She didn’t cease at Taylor Greene. The newly elected lawmaker additionally went after new Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who introduced up a movement Balint described as “privileged” to pressure a vote on censuring Tlaib, accusing her of “antisemitic exercise” and “sympathizing with terrorist organizations.”
“The truth that on the very first day of his management, he lets Marjorie Taylor Greene convey to the ground a decision that’s riddled with lies and falsehoods on my colleague — it received’t stand,” Balint mentioned of Johnson.
Taylor Greene has attacked Tlaib, who’s Muslim, on quite a few events, calling her an “Israel hating America hating lady who doesn’t signify something America stands for,” in response to Newsweek.
Balint appeared to have triggered Taylor Greene. After allegedly seeing Balint’s tweet, she responded in a subtweet: “Decelerate and breathe a bit of Becca. Geez and so they name me a conspiracy theorist.”
It’s a special tune from July 2023, when Taylor Greene mentioned she didn’t even know who Balint was.
“I don’t know who this freshman Democrat is. They should have horrible fundraising numbers as a result of they’re pulling some ridiculous stunt,” Taylor Greene mentioned. “Seems to be like 4 pages of slander, as a result of I seemed on the first few strains and I used to be like, ‘That’s not even true.’”
Whereas this isn’t her first time being chastised by Home Democrats, Taylor Greene has but to be formally censured.
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