House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday dismissed a move by nearly one-third of her Democratic caucus to expel freshman Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene.
More than 70 House Democrats signed a resolution, drafted by Rep. Jimmy Gomez, to expel Greene, who Democratic lawmakers say poses a threat to their safety.
However, Pelosi dismissed the effort to kick Greene out of Congress.
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“I’m not going to get into that,” the California Democrat told reporters Friday. “Members are very unhappy about what’s happened here. And they can express themselves the way they do. What Mr. Gomez did is his own view. And that is not a leadership position.”
Gomez introduced the resolution to expel Greene on Jan. 27, citing “numerous reports revealing her repeated endorsements of sedition, domestic terrorism, and political violence.”
Democrats point to past social media posts in which Greene appeared to endorse violent acts against Democratic members of Congress.
Greene has recently aggravated Democrats by calling for frequent procedural roll call votes, which, due to the pandemic, take at least 45 minutes. Democrats were forced to postpone votes on a series of minor bills because Greene’s threats would have required 10 hours of voting.
The House has already taken the rare step of voting to strip Greene from her two committee assignments.
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House Democrats and 11 Republicans voted to remove Greene from the Budget Committee and the Education and Labor Committee, leaving her with no committee assignments.
Expulsion is exceedingly rare in Congress.
The House last expelled a member in 2002 when it forced out longtime Ohio Democrat James Traficant after he was convicted of several corruption charges and was facing a lengthy jail term.
