Notice of Intention to Offer Resolution Raising A Question of the Privileges of the House
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Ms. BALINT. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I rise to give notice of my intention to raise a question of the privileges of the House.
The form of the resolution is as follows:
H. Res. 610, Censuring Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Whereas, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly fanned the flames of racism, anti-Semitism, hate speech against the LGBTQ community, Islamophobia, anti-Asian hate, xenophobia, and other forms of hatred;
Whereas, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly debased the memories of thousands of victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, by perpetuating conspiracy theories to shift blame and responsibility for the mass murder;
Whereas, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly assaulted the foundation of our democracy by perpetuating conspiracy theories related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol which sought to halt the peaceful transfer of power;
Whereas, Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly called for violence against elected Representatives and their families;
Whereas, Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic rhetoric and conspiracy theories, including through inflammatory evocations of the Holocaust;
Whereas, on May 20, 2021, Marjorie Taylor Greene said that the mask mandate in the House of Representatives was akin to Jews being ``put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany'';
Whereas, on May 25, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted that, ``Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazis forced Jewish people to wear a gold star'';
Whereas, on February 26, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared at a white nationalist event that was condemned by the Republican Jewish coalition as ``appalling and outrageous that a Member of Congress would share a platform with an individual who has actively spread anti-Semitic bile, mocked the Holocaust, and promoted dangerous anti-Israel conspiracy theories;
Whereas, on September 1, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a tweet comparing President Joe Biden to Adolf Hitler that said, ``Joe Biden is Hitler. #NaziJoe has to go'';
Whereas, on September 1, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene posted another tweet of a doctored video showing President Biden speaking with audio of Hitler, swastikas in the background and a mustache akin to that of Hitler;
Whereas, on July 21, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said that if she was ``in charge'' she would ``kick out every single Chinese in this country that is loyal to the CCP. They would be gone'';
Whereas, on December 19, 2021, while at a Turning Point USA conference, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to Asian Americans as ``yellow people,'' a slur that has been historically used to malign the Asian-American community in the United States;
Whereas, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has a history of perpetuating LGBTQ hate speech, including through her use of offensive posters in the halls of congressional office buildings beginning on February 24, 2021;
Whereas, on November 22, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted that an LGBTQ California State Senator was a ``communist groomer,'' an offensive slur that has been used to stoke fear and incite hatred of LGBTQ Americans;
Whereas, on March 7, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene again referred to members of the LGBTQ community as ``groomers'' and spouted anti-trans rhetoric on the floor of the House of Representatives;
Whereas, on June 1, 2023, the first day of Pride Month, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted a photo showing an anti- trans poster that she had displayed in the hall outside of her congressional office;
Whereas, on February 22, 2019, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a video on Facebook claiming that the Muslim-American Members of Congress were not ``really official'' because they didn't take the oath of office on the Bible;
Whereas, on June 17, 2020, Politico reported that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene repeatedly engaged in Islamophobic rhetoric and suggested that Muslim Americans do not belong in the United States Government;
Whereas, on May 10, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene yet again referred to fellow Muslim-American Members of Congress as the ``Jihad Squad'';
Whereas, on June 17, 2020, Politico reported that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to Black Americans as ``slaves to the Democratic Party'' and said that they should be proud to see Confederate monuments;
Whereas, on June 17, 2020, Politico further reported that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene stated in a video, ``I know a ton of White people that are as lazy and sorry and probably worse than Black people'';
Whereas, on May 18, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene compared being called a white supremacist to a person of color being called the ``N-word,'' a vile racial slur;
Whereas, on January 28, 2021, a video of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene resurfaced in which she used a harmful and offensive slur targeting Americans with disabilities, which the National Down Syndrome Society called ``heartbreaking and unacceptable'';
Whereas, on November 1, 2018, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene denied the attacks on September 11 saying there was a ``so-called plane that crashed into the Pentagon'' and that ``It is odd there is never any evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon'';
Whereas, on November 17, 2018, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene peddled a vile anti-Semitic trope when she claimed that wildfires in California were caused by space lasers operated by members of the Jewish community;
Whereas, on August 17, 2020, a video of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene resurfaced in which she stated that the mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, where 60 people were murdered, was perpetuated in order to pass anti-gun legislation;
Whereas, on January 19, 2021, Media Matters published a screenshot of a Facebook comment from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene where she emphatically agreed that the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 American students and teachers were murdered, was a false flag event;
Whereas, on January 21, 2021, Media Matters published a screenshot of a Facebook comment liked by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene that claimed 9/11 was ``done by our own government'', to which she responded, ``That is all true'';
Whereas, that same comment liked and agreed to by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene further claimed that the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary where 26 people, including 20 precious children were murdered, was staged;
Whereas, on September 3, 2020, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene posted an image of herself holding a gun next to images of three Members of Congress with a caption encouraging ``going on offense'' after them;
Whereas, on January 26, 2021, CNN reported on posts, comments, and likes by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from 2018 and 2019 in which Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene liked several posts and comments on Facebook demonstrating her support for the execution of several members of the Democratic Party, including the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and President Barack Obama;
Whereas, on January 26, 2021, CNN further reported that Marjorie Taylor Greene liked a Facebook comment on January 2019 that stated, ``a bullet to the head would be quicker'' in reference to the removal of Speaker Nancy Pelosi;
Whereas, on January 26, 2021, CNN also reported that deleted videos showed Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene calling for the execution of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and stating that she was ``a traitor to our country, she is guilty of treason,'' and should ``suffer death or she will be in prison'';
Whereas, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has perpetuated the ``big lie'' related to the 2020 Presidential election by espousing conspiracy theories and by threatening and inciting violence;
Whereas, on October 26, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene downplayed the actions of those who participated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol and said ``if you think about what our Declaration of Independence says, it says to overthrow tyrants'';
Whereas, on November 4, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene went to visit those incarcerated related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol in what she referred to as ``the patriot wing'' of the D.C. Jail;
Whereas, on November 10, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to those who participated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol as ``political prisoners of war'';
Whereas, on December 10, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said that if she had organized the January 6 attack on the Capitol, ``we would have won. Not to mention, it would have been armed'';
Whereas, on July 19, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene displayed graphic pornographic images during an official committee hearing that she claimed depicted a member of President Biden's family;
Whereas, on July 19, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene sent an official press release and posted to her official congressional website public hearing commentary featuring graphic pornographic images she claimed depicted a member of President Biden's family; and
Whereas, Members of Congress have promised to always have the back of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene no matter the extent of her vile and hateful behavior:
Now, therefore, be it resolved that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene be censured; Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene forthwith present herself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure; and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
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