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Marjorie Taylor Greene: Antifa are 'fascists' because 'they defend the drag queens targeting our children'

Antifa are "the fascists" rather than the far-right demonstrators they are fighting, argued Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday evening — in part, she said, because they support drag queens.

The remarks came in an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson, as she discussed a protest in Georgia against a new police training center that turned violent, with activists torching a police car and an officer fatally shooting one of the demonstrators.

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Hakeem Jeffries rips Kevin McCarthy's 'apparent double standard' with committee assignments

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been drawing vehement criticism for allowing some of the most extreme members of his caucus, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, to have prime committee assignments. And House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is calling McCarthy out for having an “apparent double standard.”

Punchbowl News has obtained a copy of a letter Jeffries sent McCarthy on January 21. Jeffries finds it ridiculous that McCarthy is trying to oust Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee while giving Rep. George Santos committee assignments.

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Elise Stefanik under fire from donors for suckering them in with George Santos endorsement

Republican rising star Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is under increasing fire for wholeheartedly endorsing now-Rep. George Santos (R-NY) and encouraging GOP donors to fund his campaign -- only for them to find out they sent money to a fraud of epic proportions.

Santos is currently being buffeted by daily revelations about a startling number of lies about his background -- from his religion to the supposed cause of death of his mother due to 9/11 and questions about where his money is coming from -- and is now facing multiple investigations as he maintains his seat in the House.

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'Ronna is the enemy within': Trump's 'rebel forces' jump into RNC leadership fight

"Rebel forces" aligned with former President Donald Trump are jumping into the race for Republican National Committee chair — threatening to upend things as longtime GOP leader Ronna McDaniel is fighting to stay in power against a challenge from Trump attorney Harmeet Dhillon, reported the Associated Press on Monday.

The vote will be held by the end of this week, settling a fight that has been brewing in GOP leadership for several months.

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'I will never leave that woman': Kevin McCarthy forms an unbreakable bond with Marjorie Taylor Greene

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) forged an unbreakable bond with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) during his hectic leadership fight, according to friends.

The Georgia Republican was widely seen as a political liability and a threat to his leadership when she arrived in Congress two years ago, but multiple sources told the New York Times they had formed a strong alliance as McCarthy fought to be elected speaker of a narrow GOP House majority.

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Freedom Caucus has its own plan to 'defund the police' — using an obscure congressional rule: report

For years, Republicans weaponized promises by criminal justice activists to "defund the police" against various Democrats, even those who never advocated for doing it themselves.

Now, warned Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) in an article for The Bulwark released on Monday, the Freedom Caucus is cultivating a plan of their own that would effectively "defund the police" — or at least, forms of federal law enforcement they don't like.

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GOP congressman says Marjorie Taylor Greene has 'matured' since days of doubting 9/11

On Sunday's edition of This Week, United States Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) defended House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) for placing Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) on the Homeland Security and Oversight Committees despite her history of peddling conspiracy theories about the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks.

ABC moderator Martha Raddatz asked McCaul:

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Trump advisers scrambling to round up GOP support and attendees for rally next week

With Donald Trump expected to finally leave Mar-a-Lago and kick off his 2024 presidential campaign next week, the Washington Post reports it might be a lonely affair as fellow Republican officeholders are begging off from attending in a key conservative state.

The former president will be making an appearance at the State House in Columbia, South Carolina -- a state that is home to two potential rivals for the GOP nomination: Sen. Tim Scott and former Gov. Nikki Haley.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jim Jordan will turn their House committees into 'dumpster fires': analyst

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Sunday Show," political strategist Lucy Caldwell predicted absolute chaos once Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) take their places on key House committees that are expected to launch multiple investigations into President Joe Biden's administration.

Noting that none of the controversial lawmakers should be taken seriously, and calling House Speaker Kevin McCarthy an "empty vessel" for bowing to the far-right extremists in his caucus and handing out key assignments to controversial members, she claimed Americans should not expect much in the way of governance from the group.

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'She has matured': GOPer welcomes Marjorie Taylor Greene to committees despite 9/11 denials

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) refused to say that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) should not be on the House Homeland Security Committee because she promoted a conspiracy theory denying the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

During an interview on ABC's This Week program, host Martha Raddatz asked McCaul about Greene's appointment to the Homeland Security and Oversight committees.

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Right-wing donor wishes he could get his money back from 'con man' George Santos

Gavin Wax, the president of the New York Young Republican Club, donated $500 to the joint fundraising committee of Rep. George Santos (R-NY) last year.

But as Politico reports, Wax has come to regret that decision after seeing Santos' entire life story exposed as a fabrication.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene renews vow to 'impeach Biden' despite slim GOP majorities

Republicans have a slender majority in the House of Representatives that includes several members who represent districts won by President Joe Biden in 2020.

Despite this, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is once again renewing her push to impeach Biden.

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Lauren Boebert doubles down on 'nasty' Marjorie Taylor Greene's bullying

The civil war between Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), one-time far-right allies in the House, continues to rage as the Colorado Republican fired more shots at her colleague for bullying her in a bathroom confrontation.

In an interview with former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch, Boebert was asked about a Daily Beast report that Taylor Greene harangued her counterpart for accepting campaign cash ("millions") from now-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for her re-election bid that nearly failed, and then refused for 15 ballots to back him -- finally voting "present."

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