House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said embattled freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene “recognized” the need to adhere to “a higher standard” as a member of Congress, and, in a private meeting, he condemned her past comments, including those endorsing QAnon conspiracy theories and her comments on school shootings and political violence.
“I made this clear to Marjorie when we met,” McCarthy said in a statement following a meeting with Greene, of Georgia. “I also made clear that as a member of Congress we have a responsibility to hold ourselves to a higher standard than how she presented herself as a private citizen. Her past comments now have much greater meaning. Marjorie recognized this in our conversation. I hold her to her word, as well as her actions going forward.”
