Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) accused Rep. Richard McCormick (R-Ga.) of becoming “physically aggressive” with her last month during a recent meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R -La.), according to a report.
Greene complained to the House speaker last week that her Georgia Republican colleague “grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her” after both lawmakers introduced competing resolutions to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib in November, according to CNN.
McCormick claims he was simply trying to “encourage” Greene after he opposed her censure resolution and the House advanced its own, but that she didn’t take it well and he immediately apologized.
“I understand why there would be a lot of raw emotions after the no-confidence vote, given that his censure was postponed and mine was approved. My intention was to encourage Rep. Greene by making a friendly gesture,” McCormick told the outlet. “I said, ‘At least we can have an honest discussion,’ to which she replied that she didn’t like that. That’s why I apologized immediately and I haven’t spoken to her since.”
Greene reportedly accused her Georgia colleague of grabbing her shoulders and shaking her. AP
Greene and McCormick did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment.
The private meeting between Johnson and Greene is part of the new speaker’s attempt to manage rising tensions within the Republican conference, according to CNN, and Johnson has also been in contact with McCormick, listening to her side of the story.
Greene’s censure resolution accused Tlaib of “leading an insurrection at the United States Capitol,” engaging in “anti-Semitic activities” and “sympathizing with terrorist organizations.”
McCormick insists he was trying to be “friendly” with Greene. AP
He withdrew the resolution after McCormick, one of 23 House Republicans who voted against it, introduced a narrower resolution (one more likely to pass) accusing Tlaib of promoting “false narratives” around the attack. Hamas terrorist of October 7 against Israel, defending the attack. as “resistance” to the “apartheid state” and using the slogan “from the river to the sea” in a video posted on social networks; The phrase is widely seen as a call for the eradication of the Jewish ethnicity. State.
“I think everyone who called and his own constituents hurt his ego,” Greene said of McCormick after introducing the competing resolution.
“It’s not about Rich McCormick, nobody cares about Rich McCormick,” he added. “Most people have no idea he’s even doing this, most people think it’s my resolution.”
McCormick’s resolution passed 234-188, with four members present voting.
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